Ibali likaSpartacus, i-gladiator yoBukumkani baseRoma

Ubuntu kwimbali luyintloko yezimpikiswano zefilosofi kunye neembonakalo. Ngaba siyakha imbali, okanye ingaba kukhokelela abantu izenzo? Kukho abantu abanjwe yi-whirlpool yeemeko, kwaye bahamba emfuleni, bezithoba kuwo. Abanye, ngokuchaseneyo, abavumelani nenyani kwaye bathatha isantya ezandleni zabo. Ukubonakalisa kwenguqu yokugqibela ibali likaSpartacus, i-gladiator eyayiba yinkokeli yempi engama-70,000.

Imbali ye-gladiator i-Spartacus yaqala kwisibanzi esikhulu saseThrace, esenyakatho-mpuma ye- Balkan Peninsula. IRoma, i-pogryazaya kwiimfazwe ezidlulayo, inomdla kumkhosi wayo weenkosi zamagosa. Omnye wabo nguSpartacus, wehla kwintsapho ehloniphekileyo yaseThracian. Ngenxa yezizathu esingaziqondiyo, washiya umkhosi, kodwa wabanjwa waza waba khoboka. Ekubeni uSpartacus wayengumntu onesibindi, onamandla, wathengiswa kwisikolo se-gladiator, esasiseRoma kakhulu. Isixuku se-motley sichaza ngokucamngca ngabantu ababetha ukufa.

I-gladiators, ngokubanzi, yayifelwe ukufa. Ekuphumeni kwinqanaba, ngamnye wabo wayesazi ukuba uya kufa okanye abulale umhlobo. Izikolo zabaphambukeli zifana neentolongo, ezanikela isijeziso esinzima kubo bonke abachasene nesimo sabo. Ukugcina ukuthanda kwakunzima kakhulu. Nangona kunjalo imbali yamaRoma inezizathu ezininzi zeziphoso ezinjalo kwizikolo. Intshukumo enamandla kunazo zonke kwakuyivukelo lwabalwisana phantsi kolawulo lukaSpartacus.

Kwisikolo samakhoboka-abaphekula eKapua ngo-74 BC. E. Kwakukho ukuphunyuka kwabantu abangama-70, okokuqala bekubonwa njengento eqhelekileyo. Abo babaleke bafanele babanjwe kwaye bahlwaywe, ukuze abanye bangakwazi ukuphunyuka. Ngubani owaziyo ngoko ukuba ibali likaSpartacus-i-gladiator iya kuba yinkqubo enamandla kunxamnye nobukhoboka kulo lonke elaseMbusweni waseRoma kwaye iminyaka emininzi iya kuhlala yamoyika kunye nabemi baseRoma!

Abo baphunyukileyo bahlaselwa phezulu kweVesuvius, umthala-mlilo ongashintshiyo, okwenza ukuba uphume khona. Inkokheli yamajoni esuka eKapua yatshatyalaliswa, kwaza kwangena enye ingxaki ibutho elinamandla elinamakhulu amathathu ukusuka eRoma. Abavukeli basebenzisa ubuqhetseba bempi kwaye, behla entabeni kwizitebhisi ezihlanjwe emdiliya weediliya zasendle, bahlaselwa kwinkampu yabutshaba. Oku kwazisa abavukeli beengalo kunye nozuko. Iingcaka ezivela kummandla osondelene nazo zaqala ukujoyina iSpartacus, abalimi abampofu, inkampu yakhe yayikhula imihla ngemihla. Abaqeshwayo babexhobile kwaye baqeqeshwe kwimifanekiso yobugcisa. Ukuqaphela ubunzulu beemeko, iNkundla yeSithili yathumela amabutho amabini emelene nomkhosi wekhoboka phantsi kobunkokheli bobabini baqhagamshelwano, obonakele kakhulu kwiRoma.

U-Spartacus wazibonakalisa ngonaphakade njengomququzeleli omkhulu, umkhokeli wemikhosi, umcwangcisi. Ukongeza, wayeqonda ukuba akunakukwazi ukutshintsha imeko e-Italy ngokwayo, kubalulekile ukuhamba ngaphaya kwe- peninsula yase-Apennine, inkululeko. Kodwa bonke abo asebenza nabo babelana ngalo mbono. Xa umkhosi wabavukeli bafika kwimingcele yeentaba zaseAlpine, apho kwakunokwenzeka ukuhamba e-Italiya, kwahlukana. Umkhosi wama-30,000, owahlula, wagqiba ekubeni abuyele e-Italy, wangena ekulweni nomkhosi karhulumente waza wahlulwa ngokupheleleyo. Kwimeko enjalo, uSpartacus, endaweni yokuguqula i-Alps, ubuyela kwaye ahlasele umkhosi we-Senate. Uloyiso olutsha, uliso olutsha, amalungu amatsha ajoyina umkhosi we-Spartacus, kodwa isikhundla sabavukeli ngosuku ngalunye luya kuba luqiniseko. Ukusuka kwamaphondo, amabutho asebenzayo abizwayo, i-Senate ilungiselela ukuxabana okukhulu. Kule miqathango, i-gladiator enkulu iya ezantsi enethemba lokuwela eSicily. Kodwa izicwangciso zakhe azizange zenzeke. I-Corner, uSpartacus unikela imfazwe yokugqibela kwimikhosi karhulumente. Kule mpi, walimala emthangeni, kodwa waqhubeka elwa, eguqa. Kwimfazwe engalinganiyo, wawa njengeqhawe.

Ibali likaSpartacus - i-gladiator, ikhoboka elingazange lamkele isithuba sakhe - lithetha ngamandla omoya womntu, ongenakuphulwa. Kwiminyaka emininzi, waphefumlela abantu ukuba balwe inkululeko yabo. Ingaba ibali likaSpartacus-gladiator lingaphaya ngempumelelo? Ukuba sithetha ngako njengokuba umnqweno wabanye abantu ukuba bafumane inkululeko ngaphandle koBukumkani baseRoma, ngoko kwakunokwenzeka. Ungaguquki u-Spartacus ukusuka e-Alps, inxalenye yempi yakhe yayiya kukwazi ukufikelela kwinkululeko ekulindelwe ixesha elide. Emzabalazweni wobukhoboka njengentlangano emiselweyo yoluntu, ayiyi kuba nempumelelo, kuba imfuneko yokuwa kweprogram yekhoboka yayingekavuthwa. Emva koko, imbali ineemithetho yayo.