Spartacus Sura Death -

According to later Roman embellishments (and a few Greek accounts), Spartacus paused the entire army’s movement to perform a gladiatorial funeral. He draped Sura’s body in a captured Roman general’s paludamentum (cloak) and burned it on a pyre made of broken legionary shields. This is where the narrative changes.

The Fall of a Thunderbolt: Why the Death of Spartacus (and the Fate of Sura) Ended the Third Servile War spartacus sura death

The night before the battle, Spartacus killed his own horse. "If we win," he said, "I will have the finest horses in Rome. If we lose, I have no need of one." According to later Roman embellishments (and a few