Eunus
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Eunus (died 132 BC) was a Roman slave from Apamea in Syria who became the leader and king of the slave uprising during the First Servile War (135 BC–132 BC) in the Roman province of Sicily. According to the historian Florus, his name is remembered due to the severe defeats he inflicted on the Romans.
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- 1954
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- Royalty.name
- Eunus
- Royalty.image
- Euno Enna 1.jpg
- Royalty.image_size
- 260px
- Royalty.caption
- Statue of Eunus in Enna, Sicily.
- Royalty.succession
- King of Enna
- Royalty.moretext
- self-proclaimed
- Royalty.reign
- – 132 BC
- Royalty.death_date
- 132 BC
- Royalty.regnal name
- Antiochus
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Apamea
- Occupation
- partisan
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Image
- Castello di Lombardia (Enna) - Euno.jpg
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- date of death
- 0132-01-01
- date of birth
- 0200-01-01
- social classification
- slave
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- Pauly–Wissowa
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- Euno
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10 sectionsContents
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- Biography
- First Servile War
- Rule over Sicily
- Significance and legacy
- References
- Bibliography
- Ancient sources
- Modern sources
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Eunus (died 132 BC) was a Roman slave from Apamea in Syria who became the leader and king of the slave uprising during the First Servile War (135 BC–132 BC) in the Roman province of Sicily. According to the historian Florus, his name is remembered due to the severe defeats he inflicted on the Romans.
Eunus rose to prominence in the movement through his reputation as a prophet and wonder-worker and ultimately declared himself king. He claimed to receive visions and communications from the goddess Atargatis, a prominent goddess in his homeland whom he identified with the Sicilian Demeter and the Roman Ceres.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eunus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.