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The Spartacus League (German: Spartakusbund) was a Marxist revolutionary movement organized in Germany during World War I. The League was named after Spartacus leader of the largest slave rebellion of the Roman Republic. It was founded by Karl Liebknecht Rosa Luxemburg Clara Zetkin and others. The League subsequently renamed itself the Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (KPD) joining the Comintern in 1919.