Spartacus family gold found? Spartacus was a famous Thracian warrior defeated by the Romans and captured. Then he was sold into slavery and purchased as trainee gladiator. He became famous and led one of the most successful gladiator and slave revolts in Roman history. Yes, the movies and the Cinemax series are based on a true story. Thrace was a powerful nation that had existed from around 4,000 B.C. to 700 A.D. or nearly 5,000 years! A recent discovery of golden treasures from Thrace are from near the period when Spartacus lived. Wouldn’t it be cool if somehow Spartacus or his family once owned these? History is just too exciting!
Bulgarian archaeologists discover 2,400-year-old golden treasure
Published November 08, 2012
Associated Press
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Nov 8, 2012: Archaeologist shows an artifact, part of 2,400-year old golden hoard found in an ancient Thracian tomb in northern Bulgarian village of Sveshtari, some 250 miles northeast of Sofia. (AP)
SOFIA, Bulgaria – Archaeologists say they have unearthed an almost 2,400-year-old golden hoard in an ancient Thracian tomb in northern Bulgaria.
The treasure was found on Thursday near the village of Sveshtari, 400 kilometers (250 miles) northeast of Sofia, team leader Diana Gergova said.
She said that among the artifacts, dating back to the end of the fourth or the beginning of the third century B.C., were gold jewelry and applications for horse trappings, a tiara with reliefs of lions and fantasy animals, as well as four bracelets and a ring.
The Thracians lived in what is now Bulgaria, and parts of modern Greece, Romania, Macedonia, and Turkey between 4,000 B.C. and the 7th century A.D., when they were assimilated by the invading Slavs.
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Michael Bradley - Time Traveler 
Fascinating stuff – and I love the fact it like real fairytale treasure!
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Thank you for leaving out the widely mis-believed “fact” that Spartacus was just some random Roman infantryman foot soldier that committed some infraction (that the Romans can’t seem to remember) and was sentenced to be a Gladiator as punishment. Spartacus is a Thracian Warrior, who I have no doubt was the leader (if not heir) to his tribe, the Medi. The tactical knowledge and battle strategy Spartacus displayed time after time again, proves he is no random soldier, but had specialized, gorilla warfare training. To repel down the side of Mount Vesuvius using vines as ropes; in his first display of leadership, encountering the Romans pursuing them… that is training, ingenuity and quick thinking. I think the Romans never knew who Spartacus was; who he was in his tribe, and what he was capable of. I think his men that were captured with him held secret all of this to protect him, and to fool the Romans into complacency, aiding in their moment of escape. And by the time Rome discovered who he was, it was too late. That’s why Rome’s recounting of his origins is so vague, and yet we all know so much more than what they wrote. I wouldn’t be surprised if Spartacus was part of Thracian nobility. Thracian Princes have been documented as having used Sparta in their name, and with the head of the kingdom having been on the Black Sea coast in Bulgaria and so little is known of the Thracian royal line… it’s very well possible Spartacus (with his skilled and advanced training) was part of this warrior class dynasty; if not a Prince himself.
And the fact that everyone ignores and don’t bother to explain… the fact that he was never found after the final battle in the Silarus River valley… just like the Romans stating they didn’t know where he was from besides being Thracian (when we all know it’s modern day Sofia, Bulgaria)… I believe the little known story of when Spartacus saw the battle was lost, he gathered his people closest to where he was; those he could save, and fled with them into the surrounding hillside. (The tale told of him killing his horse to die on the battle field is bunk.) There, he and one of his commanders split those he’d gathered into two groups, and from there those two groups, one led by Spartacus fled in different directions. But the group led by his commander met with Roman troops. Spartacus and his group fled and escaped. That’s why his body was never found. Because Spartacus didn’t fall in that final battle. And the Romans didn’t make it a big deal, because they were just glad he was gone. (Even though Spartacus scared them so much, when there was just a rumor he and his men were approaching the gates of the city, those gates were closed.)
Even the scribe that wrote the official account of Spartacus’s time in Italy (350 years after the fact… how accurate can it really be), he knew it was filled with so many falsehoods, that he even wrote in that official recounting, “The victor writes history”. A warning to all that this was nothing but a lie to make the state look like they had vanquished a foe.
And if nothing else the Romans ever said, this is their one truth. The victor did write “history”. Their history at least.
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