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Historically Spartacus' forces had a deal with Sicilian pirates to get transported to Sicily, but were betrayed and trapped on the mainland of Italy. What if they had made it to Sicily because the pirates kept their contract? I'd imagine they'd conquer the island. What then for Rome and the new Kingdom of Sicily?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Servile_War#Crassus_and_Spartacus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Servile_War#Crassus_and_Spartacus
The tide seemed to have turned in the war. Crassus' legions were victorious in several engagements, killing thousands of the rebel slaves, and forcing Spartacus to retreat south through Lucania to the straits near Messina. According to Plutarch, Spartacus made a bargain with Cilician pirates to transport him and some 2,000 of his men to Sicily, where he intended to incite a slave revolt and gather reinforcements. However, he was betrayed by the pirates, who took payment and then abandoned the rebel slaves.[39] Minor sources mention that there were some attempts at raft and shipbuilding by the rebels as a means to escape, but that Crassus took unspecified measures to ensure the rebels could not cross to Sicily, and their efforts were abandoned.[41]