Spartacus the rebel leader who fought against the Romans with an army of fellow escaped slaves is one of the most famous figures in ancient Roman history Spartacus led his men against their Roman oppressors and managed to defeat the Roman army in several | TOEFL IELTS GMAT GRE SAT ACT PTE ESL

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Spartacus: the rebel leader who fought against the Romans with an army of fellow escaped slaves, is one of the most famous figures in ancient Roman history. Spartacus led his men against their Roman oppressors and managed to defeat the Roman army in several battles. Eventually Spartacus and his army were defeated and put to death. To this day，Spartacus fascinates both historians and the general public. Several aspects about his story have made him a particularly appealing hero. Firs，Spartacus‘ original goal in his conflict against Rome is one everyone can empathize with-he wanted to return home Spartacus and his men had been taken by the Romans from faraway lands In fighting the Romans, Spartacus and his men initially sought to return to the homelands from which they had been uprooted Spartacus and his men's desire to return home is one we can all appreciate. Second, Spartacus' initial success in fighting against the powerful Roman army has earned him the admiration people feel when someone who is overmatched triumphs through sheer skill. Spartacus and his men formed a relatively small, ill-equipped army; the Roman army? in contrast, was large, well-financed, and highly trained. Spartacus' ability to seriously trouble the Romans on the battlefield testifies to his military brilliance, making him a hero in most people's eyes. Third, in fighting against Rome: Spartacus sought to liberate all Roman slaves and thus commanded respect as an early human rights advocate. Before his final battle with the Romans, Spartacus was sent an offer by a Roman general: if Spartacus would stop fighting, he would be made a Roman senator, a member of Rome's powerful elite: and his men would be freed. However, Spartacus rejected this offer because it would have left the institution of slavery in place.

The lecture and the article discuss the reasons for considering Spartacus a hero. The article suggests that there are three main reasonable facts to make Spartacus a symbol. The lecturer, on the other hand, responds that the reasons mentioned in the article are not historically accurate.
To begin with, the article states that Spartacus fought against Romans because he wanted to return his home. The article explains that this fact makes Spartacus, and his men look like heroes. This argument is challenged by the lecturer. She mentions that returning home was not the only goal for fighting Romans. The lecturer illustrates that Spartacus, and his men wanted the revenge and the gold, which are less honorable causes.
Secondly, the article points out that Spartacus was a military genius. The article illustrates that Spartacus and his men defeated Romans unit with small and ill-equipped army. The lecturer, however, says that Spartacus could not be consider as a military brilliant, since he only defeated weak Roman unit at the beginning. The lecturer goes on to say that Spartacus could not gain victory against the strong Roman unit.
Finally, the article puts forth the idea that Spartacus fought against Romans for a noble cause. The article notes that he wanted to liberate all Roman slaves and he was advocate of human rights. In contrast, the lecturer claims that this reason is not correct. She points out that at nineteenth century, people in antislavery movement used Spartacus as a symbol and inspiration for their cause.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 175, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...nable facts to make Spartacus a symbol. The lecturer, on the other hand, responds t...
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Line 3, column 325, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...eated weak Roman unit at the beginning. The lecturer goes on to say that Spartacus ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
finally, however, look, second, secondly, so, in contrast, to begin with, on the other hand

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 9.0 10.4613686534 86% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 5.04856512141 40% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 7.30242825607 110% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 12.0772626932 124% => OK
Pronoun: 28.0 22.412803532 125% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 24.0 30.3222958057 79% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 5.01324503311 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1293.0 1373.03311258 94% => OK
No of words: 251.0 270.72406181 93% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.15139442231 5.08290768461 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.98032404683 4.04702891845 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.54827519101 2.5805825403 99% => OK
Unique words: 131.0 145.348785872 90% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.521912350598 0.540411800872 97% => OK
syllable_count: 398.7 419.366225166 95% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 3.25607064018 92% => OK
Article: 13.0 8.23620309051 158% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 13.0662251656 122% => OK
Sentence length: 15.0 21.2450331126 71% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 25.1517270779 49.2860985944 51% => The essay contains lots of sentences with the similar length. More sentence varieties wanted.
Chars per sentence: 80.8125 110.228320801 73% => OK
Words per sentence: 15.6875 21.698381199 72% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.6875 7.06452816374 81% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.27373068433 94% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.274813256115 0.272083759551 101% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.100393262337 0.0996497079465 101% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0914620178024 0.0662205650399 138% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.177978626308 0.162205337803 110% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0818615065642 0.0443174109184 185% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.7 13.3589403974 80% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 56.25 53.8541721854 104% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 11.0289183223 83% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.29 12.2367328918 100% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.28 8.42419426049 98% => OK
difficult_words: 62.0 63.6247240618 97% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 6.5 10.7273730684 61% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.0 10.498013245 76% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 11.2008830022 71% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 78.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 23.5 Out of 30
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
finally, however, look, second, secondly, so, in contrast, to begin with, on the other hand

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments