How Long to Read Rome's Sicilian Slave Wars

How Long Does it Take to Read Rome's Sicilian Slave Wars?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 22 minutes to read Rome's Sicilian Slave Wars by Natale Barca

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In 136 BC, in Sicily (which was then a Roman province), some four hundred slaves of Syrian origin rebelled against their masters and seized the city of Henna with much bloodshed. Their leader, a fortune-teller named Eunus, was declared king (taking the Syrian royal name Antiochus), and tens of thousands of runaway slaves as well as poor native Sicilians soon flocked to join his fledgling kingdom. Antiochus’ ambition was to drive the Romans from the whole of Sicily. The Romans responded with characteristic intransigence and relentlessness, leading to years of brutal warfare and suppression. Antiochus’ ‘Kingdom of the Western Syrians’ was extinguished by 132 but his agenda was revived in 105 BC when rebelling slaves proclaimed Salvius as King Tryphon, with similarly bitter and bloody results. Natale Barca narrates and analyses these events in unprecedented detail, with thorough research into the surviving ancient sources. The author also reveals the long-term legacy of the slaves’ defiance, contributing to the crises that led to the seismic Social War and setting a precedent for the more-famous rebellion of Spartacus in 73-71 BC.

How long is Rome's Sicilian Slave Wars?

Rome's Sicilian Slave Wars by Natale Barca is 256 pages long, and a total of 65,536 words.

This makes it 86% the length of the average book. It also has 80% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Rome's Sicilian Slave Wars Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 58 minutes to read Rome's Sicilian Slave Wars aloud.

What Reading Level is Rome's Sicilian Slave Wars?

Rome's Sicilian Slave Wars is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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