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Castus (rebel)

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Castus
Slave leader
Personal details
BornUnknown
Died71 BC
Lucania
NationalityGallic[1][2]
Military service
Battles/warsThird Servile War

Castus was a Gallic[1][2] gladiator,[3] and escaped from the gladiatorial school of Lentulus Batiatus in Capua. Together with the Thracian Spartacus, and the fellow Gauls Crixus, Oenomaus and Gannicus, he became one of the leaders of rebellious slaves during the Third Servile War (73-71 BC). He was killed along with his co-commander Gannicus and their Gallic and Germanic followers by Roman forces under Marcus Licinius Crassus at the Battle of Cantenna in Lucania in 71 BC.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Winkler 2008, p. 222
  2. ^ a b c Bury 1994, p. 331
  3. ^ Strauss 2009, p. 213

Ancient sources

  • Orosius, Histories 5.24.1-2
  • Appian, Civil Wars 1.116
  • Florus, Epitome 2.8.20

Secondary literature

  • Bury, John Bagnell (1994). The Cambridge Ancient History , Volum 9. Cambridge University Press. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Strauss, Barry (2009). The Spartacus War. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 1-4165-3205-6. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Winkler, Martin M. (2008). Spartacus: Film and History. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-4707-7726-5. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

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