Was Spartacus from Sparta

Appian says he was "a Thracian by birth, (Those peoples inhabited the Eastern, Central and Southern part of the Balkan peninsula, as well as the adjacent parts of Central-Eastern Europe. )who had once served as a soldier with the Romans, but had since been a prisoner and sold for a Gladiator". (Wikipedia)

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