Castus (rebel slave)

Castus
Slave leader
Personal details
Born Unknown
Died 71 BC
Lucania
Nationality Gallic[1][2]
Military service
Battles/wars Third Servile War

Castus was a Gallic[1][2][3] slave, who together with the Thracian Spartacus, the fellow Gauls Crixus and Gannicus, alongside the Nubian Oenomaus, was 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.


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References

  1. 1 2 Winkler 2008, p. 222
  2. 1 2 Bury 1994, p. 331
  3. Strauss 2009, p. 213

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Secondary literature

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