“They lost,” Vito said.
“The slaves?”
“Sì. It wasn’t until 100 B.C. that the Romans got control of the situation. Manius Aquilius, who replaced Gaius Servilius, broke the resistance and sent the slaves back to the landowners. The campaign included much bloodshed, and many terrible deaths preceded by t*****e, to demonstrate to the lingering rebels that they should relent and return to their duties.
Sì“Although the general governing philosophy of Rome was very complex, there was a consistent theme that repeated itself whenever they conquered new territory. They used force to put down resistance, but after the people surrendered and gave in, the Romans preferred to let them be. They taxed their products, their farms and their people, but the new rulers mostly let the existing systems of go
