Unsuccessful slave uprising against the Roman Republic on the island of Sicily
Second Servile War
Part of the Servile Wars
Plaque in Caltabellotta marking the 2,100th anniversary of the revolt. (2001)
Date
104–100 BC
Location
Sicily
Result
Roman victory
Territorial changes
None
Belligerents
Roman Republic
Slaves of Sicily
Commanders and leaders
Publius Licinius Nerva Lucius Licinius Lucullus Gaius Servilius Manius Aquilius
Salvius Athenion †
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Roman Servile Wars
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Roman Republican civil wars
1st Servile
2nd Servile
Social
Bellum Octavianum
Sulla's
Sertorian
3rd Servile
Caesar's
Mutina
Liberators'
Bellum Siculum
Perusine
Pompeian–Parthian invasion
Actium
The Second Servile War was an unsuccessful slave uprising against the Roman Republic on the island of Sicily. The war lasted from 104 BC until 100 BC. It was one of three Servile Wars, spaced approximately 30 years apart.
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