Origins Spartacus

balkan tribes, including maedi.

the greek essayist plutarch describes spartacus thracian of nomadic stock , in possible reference maedi tribe. appian says thracian birth, had once served soldier romans, had since been prisoner , sold gladiator .

florus described him 1 who, thracian mercenary, had become roman soldier, had deserted , became enslaved, , afterward, consideration of strength, gladiator . authors refer thracian tribe of maedi, occupied area on southwestern fringes of thrace, along border roman province of macedonia - present day south-western bulgaria. plutarch writes spartacus wife, prophetess of maedi tribe, enslaved him.

the name spartacus otherwise manifested in black sea region. kings of thracian dynasty of cimmerian bosporus , pontus known have borne it, , thracian sparta spardacus or sparadokos , father of seuthes of odrysae, known.