A history of the ancient working people for the earliest known period to the adoption of Christianity by Constantine.Aristonicus. A bloody strike in Asia Minor.

Abstract

This chapter examines Aristonicus, and a bloody strike in Asia Minor. Topics covered in this chapter include freedmen, bondsmen, tramps and illegitimates rise against oppression; contagion of monster strikes; again the irascible plan of rescue tried; Aristonicus of Pergamus; story of the murder of Titus Gracchus and of 300 land reformers by a mob of nobles at Rome; Blossius, a noble, espouses the cause of the workingmen; he goes to Pergamus; the Heliopolitai; the commander of the labor army overpowers all resistance; Battle of Leuca; overthrow of the Romans; death of Carssus; arrival of the Consul Paperna; defeat of the insurgents; their punishment; discouragement and suicide; Aristonicus strangled, thousands crucified and the cause lost; and, old authors quoted. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)