Spartacus defeated local levies led by a propraetor and a praetor in three sharp engagements. Roman response to the uprising was at first slow and inadequate. ![]() ![]() Spartacus with the help of two Celts, Crixus and Oenomaos, led them, forging the motley group into a first-class fighting force. Vesuvius, where they were joined by slaves and farm workers from the countryside. some 70 gladiators escaped and fled to Mt. Eventually he found himself in the gladiator school of Gnaeus Lentulus Batiatus at Capua. ![]() ![]() He is said to have fought either with or against the Romans. It is not known how Spartacus became a gladiator.
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