Aspromonte

Aspromonte means harsh mountains or white mountains, the latter referring to snow or perhaps to bare rock.

The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

These are the foothills of the Aspromonte Mountains modern name.

The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

For Spartacus the story began on the day that he marched his men from the Strait of Messina toward the Aspromonte Mountains.

The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

For Spartacus the story began on the day that he marched his men from the Strait of Messina toward the Aspromonte Mountains.

The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

Aspromonte means harsh mountains or white mountains, the latter referring to snow or perhaps to bare rock.

The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

These are the foothills of the Aspromonte Mountains modern name.

The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

Domenico Raso offers a plausible theory of Crassuss military works in the Aspromonte Mountains in Domenico Raso, TINNARIA: Antiche opere militari sullo Zomaro, Calabria sonosciuta 37 (JanuaryMarch 1987): 79102, and Domenico Raso, Zomaro: La montagna dei sette popoli, tra i misteri della montagna calabrese (Reggio di Calabria: Laruffa, 2001).

The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

As the rebels traveled northeast from the strait over the highland plains of Aspromonte they probably got some of what they wanted by charming slave herdsmenand the rest they took.

The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

The road takes advantage of a remarkable landscape, a ridge high up on the crest of the Aspromonte Mountains.

The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

So Spartacus and his followers took the least desirable escape route and climbed into the Aspromonte Mountains.

The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009