Fourth Servile War

The Fourth Servile War, also named the Last Servile war, was the fourth and final slave uprising and the first slave rebellion in the Roman Empire. Like the third rebellion led by Spartacus in 73-71 BC, it was present in Italy, but stretched from northern Italy to Gaul (modern day France). The rebellion was led by Rhexenor, Duractis and Randus. It was more successful than the rebellion led by spartacus 100 years before. Close to 800,000 Romans were killed in the war

The war began after the death of Agustus Caesar, during the reign of Augustus' chosen heir, Tiberius. The war was highly influenced by the events of the third rebellion against Rome and lasted from 21 AD until 26 AD. Out of all the slave revolts, at least 10,000 escaped slaves survived the war and settled in around the Roman Empire. It was the longest servile war, lasting 5 years. Rhexenor examined and used many of Spartacus' strategies and learned from his mistakes, which allowed his rebellion to last longer than the third one.

The Roman Empire decided to produce a roman military stationed closer to the city of Rome, Pompeii and Capua, so that the events of the last rebellion would never happen again. This proposal only began to influence the minds of many slaves within the new Empire, especially for the gladiators. Almost all the slaves in Rome itself (over 100, 000) became rebels, including most of Capua's slaves. The slaves would have revolted earlier, but they became weary due to Rome's rise to Empire during the rise of Augustus.

Consulship of Augustus and Caesar (21 AD)
Rhexenor escaped with around two hundred slaves and burned a few settlements to the ground. This reached the Roman senate, but they treated this as a raid rather than an emergency, sending six cohorts to stop this rebellion. But the cohorts were quickly defeated, and Rhexenor's army had grown to a few thousand by that time.

Consulship of Agrippa and Galba (22 AD)
During 22 AD, Rhexenor's army had grown to over seventy thousand rebels, the consuls, Agrippa and Galba, sent four legions to defeat Rhexenor's army. Having trained for weeks since their fight against the Romans in 21 AD, the four legions were defeated quickly. Rhexenor now had fifty thousand infantry and ten thousand cavalry, and the rebel army had build seige equipment and catapults to help fight in their campaign

End of the War: Consulship of Lentulus and Sabinus (26 AD)
Lucius Aelius Sejanus was left in charge of the Roman Empire, and sent eight legions against Rhexenor. The rebels fought against Sejanus' legions somewhere in the middle of Gaul, the place which in modern times is a small town named Roccaraso.