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Roman Republic, C. Curiatius C.f. Trigeminus, 135 B.C.
In 135 B.C., the First Servile War began. After the Second Punic war, an over-abundance of slaves caused them to be ill-fed by their masters, and they soon began to provide for themselves by robbery. Several decades of increasing tension finally broke out into war. The rebel leader was Eunus, a slave whose master had hired him out as a magician for parties. Eunus would humorously tell his audiences that he was a prophet, that someday he would be king, the classes would be reversed, and aristocrats would killed or enslaved - except for those that tipped him for the show. During the revolt he did spare the lives of at least some aristocrats who had tipped him. The war lasted until 132 B.C. Eunus was captured, but he died before he could be punished. This was the first of three slave revolts against the Roman Republic; the last and the most famous was led by Spartacus.MA95503. Silver denarius, Crawford 240/1, Sydenham 459, RSC I Curiatia 2, SRCV I 117, aF, banker's mark, Rome mint, weight 3.116g, maximum diameter 17.9mm, die axis 90o, 135 B.C.; obverse head of Roma right wearing winged helmet, TRIG behind, X before; reverse Jupiter in galloping quadriga right, C•CVR•F below, ROMA in exergue; SOLD
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