under Spartacus of 73–71 BC, which ended with the crucifixion of 6,000 slaves along the length of the road from Capua to Rome (Appian, Bell. Civ. 1. 14. 120). To have fomented a slave revolt would not only have proved futile58 but would have ensured deterioration of the condition of slaves as ruthless recompense was meted out to them. In any case, history had shown that slaves, when freed, simply adopted the attitudes and ways of their former masters, so that slavery itself was not eradicated. More