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Before his enslavement and role as a gladiator, he had served as a soldier with the Romans. His revolt began in 73 BC when he, along with about 70 other gladiators, escaped a gladiatorial school near Capua. Despite their small numbers initially, Spartacus's forces were able to defeat several Roman military units, swelling their ranks to an ...
Burned as a heretic she became a martyr, folk hero, and eventually a saint. She is now one of the patron saints of France. John the Blind – Count of Luxembourg and King of Bohemia, is considered a national hero in Luxembourg, partly because of his sacrifice at the Battle of Crécy in 1346. Khalid ibn al-Walid - A 7th-century Arab military ...
A goumi standing guard in the camp of Mulai Ahmed er Raisuli in Tangier, Morocco.. Mulai Ahmed er Raisuni was born in the village of Zinat sometime in 1871. [citation needed] Due to his place of origin and his reportedly handsome visage, one of his other nicknames was "the Eagle of Zinat."
The revolt was finally subdued by the imperial army and Basil was executed. [139] 943–947 Ibadi Berber revolt: Ifriqiya, Fatimid Caliphate: Ibadi Berbers led by Abu Yazid: Revolt suppressed by the Fatimids, Abu Yazid captured and killed. [140] 969–970 First rebellion of Bardas Phokas the Younger: Caesarea, Byzantine Empire: Phokas family
Oct. 5, 1789, a young woman struck a marching drum and led The Women's March on Versailles, in a revolt against King Louis XVI of France, storming the palace and signaling the French Revolution. [30] In 1947, Chief Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti led the Abeokuta Women's Union in a revolt that resulted in the abdication of the Egba High King Oba Ademola ...
The Khmelnytsky Uprising, [a] also known as the Cossack–Polish War, [3] or the Khmelnytsky insurrection, [4] was a Cossack rebellion that took place between 1648 and 1657 in the eastern territories of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, which led to the creation of a Cossack Hetmanate in Ukraine.
The potential revolt was also quelled by Hart's counsel to wrestlers who asked him about boycotting Raw or leaving the company altogether. Hart advised them to fulfill their contractual obligations and not risk their own future over the episode. [ 9 ]
Nat Turner (October 2, 1800 – November 11, 1831) was an enslaved Black carpenter and preacher who led a four-day rebellion of both enslaved and free Black people in Southampton County, Virginia in August 1831.