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2,070-Year-Old Roman Wall Built to Contain Gladiator Spartacus and His Army Discovered in Italy

Archaeologists have identified a 2.7-km- (1.7-mile) long Roman defensive wall and ditch -- initially constructed by the Roman general Marcus Licinius Crassus to contain the Thracian gladiator and slave revolt leader Spartacus and his forces -- in Calabria, southern Italy.

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