Eunus

Eunus (Greek Εὔνους Eunous, † 132 BC) was a Syrian slave in Sicily, which became the most important leader of the first Sicilian slave revolt.

Eunus came from Apamea in Syria and built a state which was based on the model of the Seleucid kings and the former slaves formed the lead. Eunus gave himself the ( also Seleucid ) King Antiochus name, wore a tiara and other royal insignia and even had coins with his name and title shape. He was regarded as fortune tellers and fire spouts; thus he earned the respect of his comrades and was after the beginning of the revolt as its leader. He worshiped the goddess Atargatis Oriental ( Dea Syria ).

It was not Eunus and his followers to the abolition of slavery at all, anywhere. Rather, the participants of the uprising sought to free themselves from their oppressive situation and to take revenge for the ill treatment by the slave owners. His army was defeated by the Roman consul Publius Rupilius. Eunus was captured and died shortly afterwards from an illness, according to Plutarch in Rome, according to Diodorus in Morgan Tina.

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