The largest mass execution of this type that history records took place at the end of a revolt led by Spartacus (73 - 71 B.C.E.), when 6,000 slaves and gladiators were executed along the road leading from Capua to Rome.
Suurim säärane ajaloos dokumenteeritud masshukkamine leidis aset Spartacuse ülestõusu (73 – 71 e.m.a) järel, mil 6000 orja ja gladiaatorit hukati Capuast Rooma viiva tee ääres.