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Antoninus

**Antoninus** is a major character in the second, third, fourth and fifth seasons of ***Spartacus***. He was a Greek born slave who later joined Spartacus' growing rebellion in 73 BC, becoming one of the rebellions main guides. To most of the rebels, he was known as **Publipor**.

After the defeat of Crixus in Apulia, Antoninus became one of the Rebel leaders, and one of Spartacus' advisers. He would meet his end in 71 BC in the Battle of Etruria, fighting in a brief battle against Pompey and his returning legions.

## Background

### Early Life

Antoninus became the slave of Publius Claudius Clarus, the owner of a Latifundia in Campania. Trained as a *Pastores*, Antoninus helped to defend Clarus' fields and stock from thieves and wild animals. Around the Latifundia, Antoninus' fellow slaves, the guards and Clarus himself would give him the name Publipor.

## Trivia

* Antoninus' character is based on both a minor figure mentioned in the Ancient sources of the Third Servile War, as well as a main character in the 1960 *Spartacus* movie directed by Stanley Kubrick. Only known as **Publipor** (the name given to a slave belonging to a Roman named Publius), this slave, most likely a *Pastores*, helped guide Spartacus and his army over the countryside, whether willingly or forcibly.
Istonicus

**Istonicus** is a recurring character in the second, third, fourth and fifth seasons of ***Spartacus***. He was a slave from Thrace who later joined Spartacus' rebellion against the Romans. He was killed in 71 BC during the Battle of the Silarus River, dying shortly before Spartacus himself.

## Background

### Early Life

Istonicus was born in Thrace in 111 BC. In 90 BC, Istonicus was captured by Romans scouts, having mistaken him for a member of the Scordisci tribe, who were becoming increasingly hostile to the incoming Roman armies. Unable to speak Latin, Istonicus was unable to defend himself, and was subsequently enslaved. Taken to Italia by Cilician pirates, the pirates took note of his physique, believing he could do well as a pastores or possibly a gladiator.

### Death

Istonicus was killed by Gaius Itillo during the battle, after cutting down a number of legionaries on the battlefield. The last thing he witnessed before becoming unconscious was legionaries moving towards Spartacus' position.

## Traits and Skills

* **Combat skill**: Have trained as a pastores for years by the time of Spartacus' rebellion, Istonicus was highly skilled in one-on-one combat, which he used a number of times to defend his dominus' stock from thieves.
* **Bilingual**: Other than his native tongue, Thracian, Istonicus was also fluent in Latin, which he used to communicate with many other rebels.
Kroiscius

**Kroiscius** is a recurring character in the second, third, fourth and fifth seasons of ***Spartacus***. He was a Gallic born slave who later joined Spartacus' rebellion against the Romans.

In 72 BC, Kroiscius joined Crixus when the latter separated from Spartacus' army, and survived the Battle of Mount Garganus. In 71 BC, Kroiscus separated from Spartacus' army once again, joining Gannicus and Castus' army. Kroiscius was ultimately killed in Lucania during the Battle of Mount Cantenna, fighting against the legions commanded by Quintus Marcius Rufus and Lucius Pomptinus, two of Marcus Licinius Crassus' commanders.

## Traits and Skills

* **Bilingual**: Kroiscius was fluent in his native Gaulish as well as Latin, using both to later communicate with the rebels.
* **Combat skill**: As a former *Pastores*, Kroiscius had years of training and experience in hand to hand combat, using his skills to protect his Dominus' stock from thieves and wild animals.
Geirrus

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**Geirrus** is a minor character in the second, third, fourth and fifth seasons of ***Spartacus***. He was a slave from Germania who later joined Spartacus' rebellion against the Romans.

He was killed in 71 BC during the Battle of Mount Cantenna, under Gannicus and Castus' command.

## Background

### Early Life

Born in Germania, Geirrus was taken into slavery in his teenage years.

Geirrus was lucky enough not to become a gladiator, and was put to work as a *Pastores* on his masters land in Campania, tending the fields and protecting his masters stock from thieves and wild animals.

## Traits and Skills

* **Combat skill**: Geirrus was more skilled than a usual soldier, and helped win many victories in the rebellion.
* Bilingual: Geirrus was fluent in both her native Germanic as well as Latin.

## Personality

Geirrus was often cautious, and this gave him respect from Spartacus

## Appearance

Geirrus was tall, well built and athletic. He, like other shepherds, was exactly what Spartacus needed for troops in his rebellion.
Henniba

**Henniba** is a recurring character in the second, third, fourth and fifth seasons of ***Spartacus***. She was a slave from Assyria who later joined Spartacus' rebellion against the Romans.

She was killed in 71 BC during the Battle of Brundisium.

## Traits and Skills

* **Bilingual**: Other than her native Aramaic, Henniba was also fluent in Latin.
Lucius Girinius

**Lucius Girinius** is a minor character in the fifth season of ***Spartacus***. He was a Roman Legionary under the command of Marcus Licinius Crassus in the Third Servile War, serving in the first cohort of the *Legio I Licinii Crassi*.

Following Spartacus' rebellion, Girinius served Gaius Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars.

## Background

### Early Life

Girinius was born in Rome in 100 BC, into a Plebeian family who worked as bakers. Girinius joined the Roman army in 82 BC, at the age of eighteen. He was placed into one of the legions led by Cornelius Sulla that year, during the Social War.

Following this, Girinius was employed in Rome as a *Vigiles* (watchman), patrolling the streets of the city with a number of other men. Girinius would spent the next ten years in this profession, until 72 BC, when news of Spartacus' victory against the consuls Gellius Publicola and Cornelius Lentulus reached the Roman senate.

### Third Servile War

*Main Article:* Third Servile War
In late 72 BC, Marcus Licinius Crassus, richest man in the Republic was granted command of six legions, to defeat Spartacus and his rebellion once and for all. Following this, Crassus purchased two new legions, using his own wealth to do so. Surprisingly, after being conscripted into the Legio I Licinii Crassi, the first of these two new legions, Girinius was placed into its First Cohort, among hundreds of veterans from Sulla's own legions ten years prior.

After Spartacus defeated Crassus' commander Marcus Mummius in Ariminum, Girinius was forced to witness the punishment of Decimation on Mummius' returning troops, watching as fifty men were beaten to death.

### Later life

Following the war, Girinius returned to Rome, and like thousands of others legionaries, witnessed the captured rebels being crucified along the Appian Way on their march back to Rome.

In 58 BC, Girinius was conscripted into the Legio VII Claudia, led by Caesar, and would serve him for an entire year during the Gallic Wars. In 57 BC however, his twenty five years of service had been completed.

## Traits and Skills

* **Combat Skill**: Having been trained as a Roman legionary for over twenty years, Girinius was well trained in Roman combat, surviving multiple battles in the Third Servile War and the Gallic Wars.
Cohortes Claudii Glabri

The **Cohortes Claudii Glabri** (the **Cohorts of Claudius Glaber**) were a force of five Cohorts led by Praetor Gaius Claudius Glaber in 73 BC.

## History

After the rebel Gladiator Spartacus and his small force of rebels finally caught the attention and concern of the Roman senate, Glaber was sent to defeat the rebellion. Travelling his way south along the Appian Way, Glaber formed himself five complete cohorts to command (possibly around 3,000 Legionaries and mercenaries).

Glaber was made aware that the rebels had encamped themselves near Mount Vesuvius.

### Battle of Mount Vesuvius

Believing they could quickly subdue the rebels without a battle happening, Glaber and his cohorts immediately marched on the rebel encampment. However, to Glaber's surprise the rebels had laid out a number of ambushes and defences to give themselves time to reach the summit of Mount Vesuvius. A number of trenches and hidden archers behind trees slowed Glaber forces down.

### Defeat

While having forced the rebels to retreat to the top of Mount Vesuvius, Glaber quickly became carless about setting up defences for either himself or his army, believing starvation would quickly lead the rebels to surrender. Glaber stationed troupes near the bottom of Vesuvius, blocking off the entrance the rebels used to escape.

Glaber's failure in defeating Spartacus would ultimately lead Spartacus' forces to grow into a full fledged army, leading to his rebellion against the Romans known as the Third Servile War.
Marcus Nirius

**Marcus Nirius** is a minor character in the fifth season of ***Spartacus***, and the first season of ***Caesar***. He was a Roman legionary and aquilifer under the command of Marcus Licinius Crassus during the Third Servile War, serving as the Aquilifer of the **Legio I Licinii Crassi** during the war.

In 58 BC, Nirius was conscripted into the **Legio VII Claudia**, serving Gaius Julius Caesar throughout the Gallic Wars.
Maedi

The **Maedi** were a Thracian or Illyrian tribe, which in historic times, occupied the area between Paionia and Thrace, on the southwestern fringes of Thrace, along the middle course of the Strymon, between the Kresna Gorge and the Rupel Pass (present-day south-western Bulgaria). Their capital city was Iamphorynna which lay somewhere in the southwest corner of what is now Bulgaria. Some scientists posit it in the area between the cities of Petrich and Sandanski, but its exact location remains unknown.

They were an independent tribe through much of their history, and the Thracian king Sitalkes recognized their independence, along with several other warlike "border" tribes such as the Dardani, Agrianes, and Paeonians, whose lands formed a buffer zone between the powers of the Odrysians on the east and of Illyrian tribes in the west, while Macedon was located to the south of Paeonia. The ancient historian and biographer Plutarch describes Spartacus as "a Thracian of nomadic stock", referring to the Maedi. Plutarch also says Spartacus' wife, a prophetess of the same tribe, was enslaved with him.

In 89–84 bc (during the First Mithridatic War), the Maedi overran Macedon, looted Dodona, and sacked Delphi as allies of Mithridates. It is said that they made a habit of raiding Macedon when a king of Macedon was away on a campaign. Sulla after this ravaged the land of the Maedi. Aristotle recorded that bolinthos was the Maedan word for a species of wild Aurochses or Wisents that lived in the region.

A number of Maedi emigrated to Asia minor and were called Maedo Bythini.
Fulco

**Fulco** is a recurring character in the first, second, third, fourth and fifth seasons of ***Spartacus***. He was a Gladiator from Germania and a former Gladiator from the Ludus of Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Batiatus Vatia.

He was killed in 71 BC during the Battle of Mount Cantenna, under Gannicus and Castus' command.

## Background

### Early Life

Fulco was born somewhere in eastern Germania in 117 BC, and taken into slavery when his village was attacked by the Romans.

Brought to the slave port of Capua, Fulco was sold to Lanista Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Batiatus, and brought to this ludus. Fulco would train for years as a Gladiator, eventually meeting and befriending Gannicus, Castus and Crixus.

## Traits and Skills

* **Bilingual**: Fulco was fluent in both his native Germanic as well as Latin, using both to communicate with the Rebels.
* **Combat skill**: As a trained Gladiator, Fulco was well experienced in hand to hand combat, later using his skills to survive most of the rebellion, only truly being bested when he was surrounded by Roman troops.
Leimantatus

**Leimantatus** is a recurring character in the second, third, fourth and fifth seasons of ***Spartacus***. He was a slave from Dacia who later joined Spartacus' rebellion against the Romans.

He was killed in 71 BC during the Battle of Mount Cantenna.

## Background

### Early Life

Leimantatus was born in southern Dacia in 108 BC, and taken into slavery at a young age when his village was attacked and pillaged by Roman legionaries.

## Traits and Skills

* **Skilled Combatant**: Having been trained as a pastores during his enslavement, Leimantatus was very skilled in combat. He was easily able to best several enemies at once.
* **Bilingual**: Other than his native tongue, Dacian, Leimantatus was also fluent in Latin.

## Personality

Leimantatus was often a reserved individual, though he made his alliance with Gannicus and Castus well known, and like them, seemed to almost revel in the combat and bloodshed as they did.
Inthia

**Inthia** is a minor character in the second, third, fourth and fifth seasons of ***Spartacus***. She was a Greek born slave who later joined Spartacus' rebellion against the Roman Republic.

Inthia was killed in 71 BC during the Battle of Cantenna, under Gannicus and Castus' command.

## Traits and Skills

* **Bilingual**: Inthia was fluent in both Greek and Latin, using both to communicate with countless rebels in Spartacus' army.
Hannela

**Hannela** is a recurring character in the second, third, fourth and fifth seasons of ***Spartacus***. She was a slave from Germania who later joined Spartacus' rebellion against the Romans.

## Background

### Early Life

Hannela was born in Germania and taken into slavery when her entire village was enslaved by the Romans. taken to Italy, she was sold to a roman living in Lucania, being passed to Dominus to Dominus, she was finally sent to a Stone quarry located near modern *Mount Circeo*.

Hannela was almost purchased from the mines several times, but the buyers would always refuse after seeing her scars and burns inflicted on her by her former masters.

In 73 BC, Hannela, along with thousands of other slaves, were freed from the mines after Spartacus and his army attacked.

Weeks later, she began practising with a bow and arrow, and became very skilled in using them. In one siege, she met Arrildus, and they eventually began a romantic relationship.

## Traits and Skills

* **Combat skill**: Though having no experience with weaponry or battle at first, Hannela was a quick learner, and soon became an expert archer, helping the rebels greatly against the incoming Roman legions.

## Personality

Hannela was often optimistic, and a headstrong woman. A fast learner, Hannela knew to stay on task, and learn from her mistakes.

## Appearance

Hannela had long blonde hair and grey eyes. Through several years as a slave she now bears several burn marks, most notably one on her left cheek.
Gaius Fuficius Fango

**Gaius Fuficius Fango** was a Roman military leader and politician.

## Background

Originally a common soldier, probably of African origin, he was raised to the rank of senator by Julius Caesar.

When, in 40 BCE, Octavianus annexed Numidia and part of Roman Africa to his share of the triumviral provinces, he appointed Fango his prefect. But his title in Numidia was opposed by Titus Sextius, the prefect of Mark Antony. Military conflict ensued, and after mutual defeats and victories, Fango was driven into the hills that bounded the Roman province to the north-west. There, mistaking the rushing of a troop of wild buffaloes for a night attack of Numidian horse, he killed himself.

In Cicero's letters to Atticus, Frangones is probably a misreading for Fangones, and refers to Fango.
Kollathius

**Kollathius** is a recurring character in the second, third, fourth and fifth seasons of ***Spartacus***. He was a Illyrian born slave who later joined Spartacus' rebellion against the Roman Republic.

In 71 BC, Kollathius was captured during the Battle of the Silarus River, and subsequently crucified along the Appian Way, on the orders of Marcus Licinius Crassus.

## Background

### Third Servile War

Kollathius would often accompany Trius and his small group of rebels on nightly scouting parties, attempting to find and kill any Roman spies.
Heimarmea

**Heimarmea** is a recurring character in the second, third, fourth and fifth seasons of ***Spartacus***. She was a slave from Sicily who later joined Spartacus' rebellion against the Romans. She was killed in 71 BC during the Battle on the Milea Ridge.

## Background

### Early Life

Heimarmea was born in 100 BC as a homegrown slave (a *Verna*). As an adolescent, she was sold to Cilician pirates, who then brought her to Italia where she was sold a wealthy Roman living in Aesernia.
Life of a Gladiator

***Life of a Gladiator*** is a part of the History & Blood, a special feature series in the Blu-ray of **Season 1** of ***Spartacus***. It is narrated by Spartacus.

## Synopsis

Spartacus recalls his time living in Capua, and his life as a Gladiator.

## Narration

*The roar of the crowd, the cry of your name. Step onto the sands of the arena and stand a god among men. All lies, but lies that every man must tell himself when forced to fight to the death against another, for the purpose of sport. After my service in the Roman legions, and before my days of rebellion against Rome, I was a slave, dragged from my home, the lands of Thrace, taken to Capua, the sister city to Rome itself. There, I would take the oath of the Gladiator; to be chained, whipped, beaten, and if so needed, to die by the sword. This was what all Gladiators would vow before their master. My Dominus, Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Batiatus, a trainer of Gladiators known as a Lanista, would cement this oath for me, and I soon took my first steps onto the sands of the arena.*

*Gladiators would fight with every weapon known; swords, shields, daggers and spears. The Romans knew to be careful of which Gladiator would fight with which weapon; no doubt you would never see a Greek fight with a Hoplon shield, or have a Thracian such as I fight as a Thraex. Instead, I was forced to fight as a Murmillo, forced to fight in the guise of a Roman legionary. I bided my time in Capua, fought with their weapons, acted loyal, toiled under chain and whip. When the time came, my skills as a Gladiator, and those of my brothers aided us well in our escape from Batiatus' ludus.*

To be continued....
Heirophia

**Heirophia** is a minor character in the second, third, fourth and fifth seasons of ***Spartacus***. She was a slave from Dacia who later joined Spartacus' rebellion against the Romans.

Following the Battle of the Silarus River in 71 BC, Heirophia was quickly captured alongside a number of Tresura's other followers, and executed.
Itennus

**Itennus** is a recurring character in the third, fourth and fifth seasons of ***Spartacus***. He was a slave from Egypt who later joined Spartacus' rebellion against the Romans. Following the Battle of the Silarus River in 71 BC, Itennus was crucified on the orders of Marcus Licinius Crassus.

## Background

### Early Life

Itennus was born in Egypt and taken into slavery at a young age when he was captured by the Cilician pirates. taken to Italy, he was sold to a roman living in Campania and became his house slave. he later became a shepherd, tending his masters land, and protecting it from thieves.

## Traits and Skills

* **Combat skill**: As a former Pastores, Itennus was well trained in armed combat, allowing him to survive most of the rebellion.
* **Bilingual**: Other than his native tongue, Coptic Egyptian, Itennus was also fluent in Latin, which he used to communicate with the other rebels.
Lucius Postumius Albinus

**Lucius Postumius Albinus** was a Roman politician and an elected consul three times. He fought against Hannibal with two legions during the Second Punic War.

## Background

### Second Punic War

During the Second Punic War, the Romans found themselves short of experienced military commanders, were forced to recall men such as Albinus to serve during this period of crisis. Consequently Albinus, who was not even in Rome for the election, was elected praetor for the second time, and given command of the province of Gallia Cisalpina. He led his army of two legions plus reinforcements against the Celtic Boii, who had risen in revolt and declared for Hannibal.
Lentulus Clodianus

**Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus** was a Roman politician and general who held the title of consul. During the Third Servile War, he led four legions against Spartacus along with his pro-consul Gellius Publicola.

## Background

### Early Life

Although he was born into the plebeian Claudii Marcelli family, Clodianus was adopted into the patrician Cornelii Lentuli, possibly as the adoptive son of Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus. A partisan of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, he possibly served under Pompey during Pompey’s special commission in Hispania. Elected Praetor around 75 BC, his connections with Pompey ensured that he was elected consul in 72 BC.

A major event of his consulship was the slave rebellion of Spartacus and the eruption of the Third Servile War. Having won a number of victories against the underestimating Roman forces, the Senate now recognised Spartacus as a serious threat and decided to send both the consuls to confront the slave armies at the head of four legions.

Clodianus moved to block Spartacus’s march northward, while Publicola moved behind him, hoping to catch the rebels between the two armies. However, Spartacus’ army destroyed Clodianus' legions in the Apennine Mountains in the valley named Lentula, and then turned and defeated the oncoming legions of Publicola. Gathering their shattered forces, both consuls gave chase but were once again defeated at a battle near Picenum.

Humiliated by these defeats, shortly afterward, in early autumn, Clodianus and Publicola were withdrawn as commanders, by the Roman senate, and command of the war given to Marcus Licinius Crassus.
Hallipius

**Hallipius** is a Recurring character in the second, third, fourth and fifth seasons of ***Spartacus***. He was a Greek born slave who later joined Spartacus' rebellion against the Romans.

In 71 BC, Hallipius was captured following the Battle of the Silarus River, and crucified on the Appian Way, on the the orders of Marcus Licinius Crassus.

## Traits and Skills

* **Combat skill**: As a *Pastores*, Hallipius was skilled in hand to hand combat.
* **Bilingual**: Hallipius was fluent in both his native Greek as well as Latin.
Eaippe

**Eaippe** is a minor character in the fifth season of ***Spartacus***. She was a Sicilian born slave who was later freed from the Sarnus River rock quarries when Spartacus and his army liberated them in 72 BC.

She was ultimately captured following the Battle of the Silarus River in 71 BC, and crucified along the Appian Way, on the orders of Marcus Licinius Crassus.
Mecammos

**Mecammos** is a recurring character in the second, third, fourth and fifth seasons of ***Spartacus***. He was a slave from Thrace who late joined Spartacus' rebellion against the Romans.

After the Battle of the Silarus River, Mecammos was captured and crucified on the Appian Way, on the orders of Marcus Licinius Crassus.
Lucius Lartius Flavus

**Lucius Lartius Flavus** is a Recurring Character in the fifth season of ***Spartacus***. He was a Roman commander, serving as Tribune under the command of Marcus Licinius Crassus in 71 BC during the Third Servile War. He served in the Legio I Licinii Crassi, the first Legio founded by Crassus in 72 BC.
Mallonia

**Mallonia** is a recurring character in the second, third, fourth and fifth seasons of ***Spartacus***. She was a slave from Hispania who later joined Spartacus' rebellion.

She was killed in 71 BC during the Battle of Mount Camalatrum.

## Background

### Early Life

Mallonia was born in 102 BC in the municipality Tarraco in Hispania, the child of a slave woman and her previous Dominus. Mallonia was taken from her mother as a child, and given to Cilician pirates to be sold in Italy.

Her mother would eventually be sold to former consul Gaius Porcius Cato and remain in Tarraco until her death.

## Traits and Skills

* **Bilingual**: While fluent in Latin, Mallonia was able to regain her fluency in Iberian from other Hispanic slaves in the rebellion, mainly from her lover Carrothius.
Hilonia

**Hilonia** is a minor character in the second, third, fourth and fifth seasons of ***Spartacus***. She was a slave from Greece who later joined Spartacus' rebellion against the Romans.

She was killed in 71 BC during the Battle of Mount Camalatrum.

## Background

### Early Life

Hilonia was born somewhere in northern Greece and taken into slavery later in her life.

## Traits and Skills

* **Combat skill**: Hilonia was an average but promising fighter, while not using a sword in battle, she fought with a bow.
Marcus Cornelius Batiatus

**Marcus Cornelius Lentulus Batiatus** was a Roman lanista who lived in Capua. He was the father of Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Batiatus.

## History

Marcus owned and ran his families' ludus, years before his son Gnaeus. In 104 BC, Marcus was forced to flee Capua for a time when the Eques Titus Vettius led a slave revolt in the city. When Vettius and his forces were quickly defeated by Praetor Lucius Licinius Lucullus, Marcus returned to Capua. Apollonius, a slave from Sicily, had been one of Vettius generals in the revolt. After being pardoned by Lucullus in exchange for betraying Vettius and helping to end the revolt, Marcus offered to become his patron, to which Apollonius accepted, knowing that Marcus would reveal that Apollonius had executed his own master, and under Roman law, it would mean his own death.

### Death

Marcus would die a few years later, and his son Gnaeus succeeded him as the Lanista of the Ludus.

## Traits and Skills

* **Expert Lanista**: As the predecessor to his son, Marcus was a well experienced lanista, producing many prominent gladiators for the city of Capua.
Gaius Itillo

**Gaius Itillo** is a minor character in the fifth season of ***Spartacus***. He was a Roman legionary under the command of Marcus Licinius Crassus in the Third Servile War.

He was killed in 71 BC during the Battle of the Silarus River.

## Background

### Early Life

Itillo was born in 96 BC, the son of a plebeian family in Rome. At the age of eighteen, Itillo joined the Roman army.

### Third Servile War

In 72 BC, Itillo was drafted into the Legio II Licinii Crassi, one of the two new legions paid for by Marcus Licinius Crassus, richest man in the Republic.
Last Error to be Corrected

**Last Error to be Corrected** is the fourth episode of the fifth season of ***Spartacus***.

## Plot

The rebels spend their night enjoying the spoils of war they took from the defeated Mummius. Castus plans to track down the rest of Mummius' men, but Spartacus forbids it, knowing any attack now would draw their army closer to Crassus', and claimed they were ready enough to face Crassus in open battle.

Back in Crassus' encampment, Mummius is brought before his commander, who scolds him for his disobedience to him and his cowardice towards Spartacus. Mummius is stripped of his rank and his sword, and is sent back to Rome to answer to the Senate. The 10,000 returning legionaries who were under Mummius' command are left outside to await Crassus. Several legionaries arrive, scattering brand new Gladius' and Pilum's on the floor just out of reach, before a sound is called.

The legionaries are arranged into groups of ten. They are stripped of their weapons and armor, and are queued in lines, where they will draw lots from a bag, to determine which soldier will die out of every ten men. Crassus intends to use the ancient punishment of Decimation to strike fear into his men, to show them that he is far more dangerous than Spartacus.

## Cast

* Spartacus
* Castus
* Gannicus
* Marcus Mummius
* Marcus Licinius Crassus
Gaius Ignus Accerbus

**Gaius Ignus Accerbus** is a recurring character in the first and second seasons of ***Caesar***. He was a Roman Centurion under the command of Gaius Julius Caesar in the Gallic Wars, and later served him in the Civil War.

## Background

### Early Life

Gaius was born in Rome, the son of a Sicilian freedman and his wife. At the age of eighteen, Gaius joined the Roman legions.
Henicea

**Henicea** is a minor character in the second, third, fourth and fifth seasons of ***Spartacus***. She was a slave from Greece who later joined Spartacus' rebellion against the Romans, and was killed in 71 BC during the Battle of Mount Cantenna under Gannicus' command.

## Background

### Early Life

Henicea was born in the city of Patras in Greece in 102 BC, and taken into slavery at a young age, when her father was punished for an unknown crime. She was eventually brought to Italy where she was purchased by an unknown Roman nobleman in Lucania, and spent a number of years as a house slave. Eventually, she was sent to the mines with a number of other slaves.

### Third Servile War

and was close to death in 73 BC when Spartacus and is army liberated the mines, freeing her and thousands of others.

## Traits and Skills

* **Bilingual**: Other than her native tongue Greek, Hence was also fluent in Latin.
Liberation of the Sarnus River Quarries

The **Liberation of the Sarnus River Quarries** took place during the summer months of 72 BC. The event takes places between the events of season 4 and 5 of ***Spartacus***.

## Description

On their return south from Mutina, rebel freedman Trius convinced Spartacus to aid him in liberating these quarries, in order to swell his depleted ranks. At first, he was reluctant, wanting to recruit already trained slaves, but felt he had very few other options.

In the early hours, Spartacus brought a small force to the Mines, with him, Trius, Carbo and Narto posing as slave traders and Roman guards, while the other rebels posed as a slave shipment.

Thousands were added to the rebel ranks, with many of the men being trained by the former *Pastores*, as well as the surviving Gladiators from Batiatus' Ludus. The women were trained to use the bow and arrow. The children and the elderly remained in the followers camp.

## Aftermath

* Thousands of slaves are freed, with most joining Spartacus' ranks.
* The quarries are left empty for weeks.
Liccaius

**Liccaius** is a recurring character in the first, second, third, fourth and fifth seasons of ***Spartacus***. He was an Illyrian born Gladiator from the Ludus owned by Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Batiatus. In 73 BC, Liccaius aided Spartacus, Crixus and Batiatus' other Gladiators in escaping Batiatus' Ludus, beginning a slave rebellion known as the Third Servile War.

He was killed in 71 BC during the Battle of Mount Cantenna, under the command of Gannicus and Castus.

## Background

### Early Life

Born in Illyria in 104 BC, Liccaius was later captured by the Romans and enslaved. Brought to Apulia, Liccaius was taken along the Via Flaminia along with hundreds of other slaves, all the way to the city of Capua.

Liccaius was eventually sold to Lentulus Batiatus, a Lanista, and trained as a Gladiator. Liccaius excelled in the style of a Murmillo, and went on to winning many victories in the Arena.

## Traits and Skills

* **Combat skill**: As a trained and experienced Gladiator, Liccaius was able to survive many battles and sieges in the rebellion. Liccaius was trained as a *Murmillo* in Batiatus' Ludus, allowing him to match most Roman Legionaries in hand to hand combat.
* **Bilingual**: Liccaius was fluent in both his native Illyrian as well as Latin. He also knew many words in Greek.
Gaul

**Gaul** (Latin: *Gallia*) was a region of Western Europe during the time of Ancient Rome.

It encompassed present-day France, Luxembourg, parts of Switzerland and Austria, along with the western part of Germany and northern Italy. The Gauls were a Celtic people, speaking languages related to Welsh and Irish. The Gauls were noted for the quality of their iron work, and seem to have been the inventors of the linked-chain armor known to the Romans as lorica hamata and known today as mail or chainmail.

The Romans separated Gaul in their own writings into Cisalpine Gaul--the part of Gaul south of the Alps in what is today northern Italy--and Transalpine Gaul--areas today in France, Switzerland, and the countries of the Rhine valley. Cisalpine Gaul was brought under Roman rule in the 3rd century B.C., after the Gauls had sacked Rome in 390 B.C. Gallic tribes allied to Rome gradually came to comprise the larger part of Roman cavalry, as the Roman nobility historically responsible for providing such soldiers, the equestrians, increasingly concerned themselves with business and financial affairs.

During the 2nd and 1st centuries BC, Transalpine Gaul fell under Roman rule, slowly at first along the Mediterranean coast to facilitate trade with Hispania, conquered from Carthage. At the time of the Third Servile War, northern Transalpine Gaul remained self-ruling, divided into numerous tribes. Julius Caesar famously observed that, at that time, Transalpine Gaul could be divided into three basic regions: the region along the Mediterranean coast already subject to Roman rule, today called Provence, the region from the Garonne river to the Seine and the Marne, which Caesar dubbed Celtae, and the region beyond called Belgae, where the Gallic tribes blended vaguely into the Germanic tribes somewhere in the misty northern forests. The further from Roman rule the tribes lived, the Romans believed, the fiercer and more warlike was their nature.

In 58 B.C., approximately a decade after the Third Servile War, Julius Caesar would use a quarrel between two tribes to launch an invasion of Celtae. Over the course of approximately seven years, Caesar subjected all the tribes to the Rhine to his rule, a series of campaigns he documented in his self-promoting account, Commentaries on the Gallic War, amassing a huge store of plunder and slaves which he would use to mount his subsequent march on Rome, famously crossing the Rubicon in defiance of the Senate to become dictator for life and ultimately bring the Roman Republic to its final crisis.

After Caesar's conquest, the northern Gauls assimilated relatively quickly into the Roman state and society, and even the Gallic language itself died out, being replaced by the Latin dialect that would evolve into French.

In the show Spartacus, Gauls are a strong and boisterous people, although not quite as physically imposing as the Germans. However, they are also quite sentimental. Gauls and Germans share a mutual disliking of one another.
Lydibalus

**Lydibalus** is a minor character in the second, third, fourth and fifth seasons of ***Spartacus***. He was a slave from Numidia who later joined Spartacus' rebellion against the Romans.

After the Battle of the Silarus River, Lydibalus was captured and Crucifixion on the Appian Way, on the orders of Marcus Licinius Crassus.
Lucius Auma

**Lucius Auma** is a Minor Character in ***Spartacus***. He was a Roman guardsman (*Custos*) in the employment of Lanista Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Batiatus.

## Background

### Early Life

Lucius Auma was the son of Titus Ippius Auma, a freedman. With a basic education and no higher prospects, Lucius sought out any employment he could find, eventually finding employment at the Ludus owned by Lanista Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Batiatus. Lucius remained at the Ludus for many years, helping to handle and discipline Batiatus' Gladiators alongside Ucceius, Batiatus' *Doctore*.

## Traits and Skills

* **Combat skill**: Lucius only possessed a basic level of training
Kleitos

**Kleitos** is a recurring character in the second, third, fourth and fifth seasons of ***Spartacus***. He was a Gladiator from Greece and one of the Gladiators owned by Lanista Lentulus Batiatus Vatia, alongside Spartacus, Crixus and Oenomaus.

In 73 BC, Kleitos was among the 73 gladiators and slaves who escaped from Batiatus' ludus.

## Background

### Early Life

Kleitos was born somewhere in northern Greece, and was taken into slavery when his village was attacked by the Romans. Taken to Italy, he was sold to Lanista Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Batiatus

## Traits and Skills

* **Combat skill**: Kleitos was exceptionally skilled as a Gladiator, and having trained and fought as a *Murmillo*.
* **Bilingual**: Kleitos was fluent in both Greek and Latin, later using both to communicate with the other rebels.
Licius Parpius

**Quintus Licius Parpius** is a Minor Character in the fourth season of ***Spartacus***. He was a Roman Centurion under the command of Pro-Consul Gaius Cassius Longinus Varus in 72 BC.

He was killed during the Battle of Mutina, leading the Second Cohort of the *Legio I Gallia Cisalpina* against Spartacus and his rebel army.
Elilia

**Elilia** is a minor character in the fifth season of *Spartacus*. She was a slave from Greece who became the body slave of Terentia Varra Tertulla, the wife of Marcus Licinius Crassus.

## Background

### Early Life

Following the Third Servile War, Tertulla accompanied Tertulla near the gates. Though on favourable and friendly terms, Tertulla showed Elilia the crucified rebels, reminding her that she was a slave and this punishment would befall any who rebelled.

### Later life

After 53 BC, Elilia remained with Tertulla as she lived out her remaining days in one of Crassus' estates in Rome

## Personality

Like many slaves, Elilia maintained a quiet and subservient behaviour. She was often more relaxed when she and Tertulla were alone together, and enjoyed their talks.

## Appearance

Elilia was of average height, with sandy brown hair and green eyes. She often wore yellow or blue clothing given to her by Tertulla.
Eburum

**Eburum** was a city in the region of Lucania in southern Italia, located close to the border of the Campanian region.

## History

The area of Eburum has been inhabited since the copper and bronze ages. The Romans gave it the status of *municipium*.

In modern times the town is known as Eboli in the Campania region, and is an agricultural centre known principally for olive oil and dairy produce. It is east of the city of Salerno, known in ancient times as ?

## Notes

* The City of Eboli is located in the in the Province of Salerno in the Campania Region of Italy.  Eboli is a name most recognized thanks to the book written by Carlo Levi titled, *Christ Stopped at Eboli*, even though the events of the book were not actually set in the town of Eboli. Levi’s story described the boundary between presumed civilization and the definite hardships of the distressed South.
* Today, the context surrounding the town in the plain of the Sele River certainly no longer resembles that stereotyped image. Of course there remains the fortunate geographical conditions which, for centuries, made Eboli an important crossroads of different civilizations and cultures with many traces of ancient settlements. The oldest of these settlements came to light at the locale Madonna della Catena, dating back to the ancient peoples of Lucania (1800-2500 B.C.).  Eboli does form a natural hinge between north and south in the middle of the hills and the sea with its location just a few kilometers from the coasts of Amalfi and Cilento.
Fugitivus

A ***fugitivus*** (***fugitivi*** plural), was a slave in Ancient Rome who had escaped from their **Dominus** or **Domina**. Any escaped slave who were recaptured would suffer either one of two fates: execution, mainly through crucifixion, or being tattooed or branded with ***FUGITIVUS***, usually on their foreheads. Branded with this word made the slave unsellable for most slave work, usually leading them to be sold as a Gladiator or being conscripted to either stone quarries or mines around the Republic.

The English word "Fugitive" is derived from this word.
Maphiana

**Maphiana** is a Minor Character in the third, fourth and fifth seasons of ***Spartacus***. She was a slave from Hispania who later joined Spartacus' rebellion against the Romans.

After the Battle of the Silarus River, Maphiana was quickly captured and crucified on the Appian Way, on the orders of Marcus Licinius Crassus.
Idonia

**Idonia** is a minor character in the third, fourth and fifth seasons of ***Spartacus***. She was a Greek born slave who later joined Spartacus' rebellion against the Romans.

In 71 BC, after the Battle of the Silarus River, Idonia was captured and crucified on the Appian Way, on the orders of Marcus Licinius Crassus.
Hemmea

**Hemmea** is a recurring character in the second, third, fourth and fifth seasons of ***Spartacus***. She was a slave from Sicily who later joined Spartacus' rebellion against the Romans. Following the rebel's defeat during the Battle of the Silarus River in 71 BC, Hemmea was among the thousands of captured rebels crucified on the orders of Marcus Licinius Crassus.

## Background

### Early Life

Hemmea was born in 105 BC, in the city of Enna, on the island of Sicily. Her mother and father were both slaves, making her a *Verna*. When she was old enough, she was taken by Roman slave traders to be sold on the mainland of Italy. Once brought to the slave ports of Neapolis, Hemmea was sold to a wealthy Roman living in Lucania.

### Third Servile War

When Gannicus and Castus decided to split off from Spartacus' main army, Hemmea considered joining them, but hearing stories of their treatment of Roman citizens in Thurii and Nola, especially the women, Hemmea decided to remain with Spartacus.

### Death

After Spartacus' defeat at the Silarus River, Hemmea spent days in her chains, and suffered abuse by the Roman legionaries commanded to crucify the captured rebels. A mile from Rome, Hemmea was Crucified on the Appian Way.

## Traits and Skills

* **Bilingual**: While fluent in Latin, Hemmea could understand and speak Greek very well, using it to communicate with many Greek born rebels.

## Appearance

By the Third Servile War, Hemmea was complimented for her beauty many times by the other rebels, including Gannicus and Castus.
Lydon

**Lydon** is a recurring character in the first, second, third, fourth and fifth seasons of ***Spartacus***. He was a Gladiator from Hispania who later escaped from the Ludus of Lentulus Batiatus along with Spartacus, Crixus and the other gladiators. Along with the surviving Gladiators, Lydon joined Spartacus' rebellion against Rome.

Following the Battle of the Silarus River in 71 BC, Lydon was crucified along the Appian Way on the orders of Marcus Licinius Crassus.

## Traits and Skills

* **Combat skill**: Having been trained as a gladiator, Lydon was exceptionally skilled in combat, enabling him to take on several enemies at once.
* **Bilingual**: Lydon was fluent in both Iberian, his native tongue, and Latin, which he used to communicate with the majority of the rebels. In his spare time Lydon also learned several phrases and words in other languages, including Greek, Gaulish, Germanic and Thracian.
Laquearius

The **Laquearius** (plural ***laquearii***, ***laquerarii***, and ***laqueatores***; literally, "snarer") was a class of Roman Gladiator. The *Laquearius* appear late in the history of the Arena.

## History

They may have made up a full-fledged Gladiator class that fought actual bouts in the arena. If this was the case, the snarer likely followed the same tactics as the *Retiarius*, a Gladiator who wielded a throwing net and trident, and like the Retiarius, a Laquearius would look to ensnare their foes and then attack. Such combat-oriented *Laquearii* fought by attempting to snare their adversaries with the lasso to allow for a follow-up strike from the blade. The snarer's armour was also perhaps similar to that of the Retiarius; consisting mainly of a Galerus armguard worn over the left shoulder.

Another possibility is that the *Laquearius* was a kind of *Paegniarius* (a comedy act). These men fought mock battles in the arena as comic relief in between real matches.

Most Gladiator types were based on real-world cultures in or around the Republic and Empire. Because the Romans did not use lassos on the battlefield, it is unlikely that the Laquearius was based on a Roman model. Instead, it may have been based on a barbarian tribe known to the Romans to use lassos in combat, such as the Sagartians. Another possibility is that the noose Gladiator was meant to represent an executioner. However, the fact that his backup weapon was a sword makes this seem unlikely.

## Equipment

that fought with a lassoor noose (laqueus) in one hand and a *Poniard* (a short dagger like weapon), another sword (such as a *Gladius*) or a spear (perhaps a Trident or a *Pilum*)
God of the Gauls

***God of the Gauls*** is the eighth episode of the third season of ***Spartacus***. it is the twenty-eighth episode of the series overall, and serves as the conclusion to Crixus' arc.

## Synopsis

*After separating from Spartacus, Crixus leads his army east towards Apulia, where he plans to begin a stable rebellion. However, he is betrayed and his movements are given to Consul Gellius Publicola, and now, he must face the Roman legions in open battle.*

## Cast

### Rebels

* **Travis Fimmel** as **Crixus**
* **TBA** as **Lugurix**
* **TBA** as **Furudix**
* **TBA** as **Mannus**

### Romans

* **Michael McElhatton**as **Gellius Publicola**
* **Asa Butterfield** as **Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis**
Marcus Atitus

**Marcus Atitus** is a minor character in the fifth season of ***Spartacus***. He was a Roman Legionary under the command of Marcus Licinius Crassus in the Third Servile War, serving in the First Cohort of the *Legio I Licinii Crassi*, one of two Legions personally created by Crassus himself. After the rebellion was ended, Atitus would return to civilian life for over a decade until he was recruited into the Legion X Equestris, a Legion led by Gaius Julius Caesar in the Gallic Wars. In 55 BC, Atitus would become a Centurion in the Legion, serving in its Third Cohort.
Gaius Ofidius Gaurus

**Gaius Ofidius Gaurus** was a prominent Capuan slave dealer who operated in Capua's fighting pits, known for supplying the Pits with female slaves trained as Gladiators.

## Background

Gaurus was known to train and sell female slaves in the Pits, training them in the style of Gladiators. He was known by Lanista Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Batiatus.

One of his slaves, Rufinia, fought in these pits and was killed by another *Gladiatrix*, Allovera, owned by another slave trader, Lucius Lucilius.

In 71 BC, after Marcus Licinius Crassus defeated Spartacus and his rebel army, and the captured rebels were crucified along the Appian Way, Gaurus was one of the many slavers who asked to buy some of the soon to be crucified rebels, especially the women, but was refused.
Gaius Dacinius

**Gaius Dacinius** is a minor character in the fifth season of ***Spartacus***. He was a Roman Centurion under the command of Marcus Licinius Crassus.

## Background

### Early Life

Dacinius was born and raised in Rome sometime before 100 BC. He would join the Roman army around the age of eighteen, around the ending of the First Mithridatic War.

### Third Servile War

Dacinius was conscripted into the Legio I Licinii Crassi, the first full legion purchased by Marcus Crassus in 72 BC. He served as a Centurion in the Legions first cohort, commanding his own century.
Ichethinon

**Ichethinon** is a minor character in the third, fourth and fifth seasons of ***Spartacus***. He was a slave from Illyria who later joined Spartacus' rebellion against the Romans.

After the Battle of the Silarus River in 71 BC, Ichethinon was quickly captured and crucified on the Appian Way, on the orders of Marcus Licinius Crassus.
Kannia

**Kannia** is a minor character in the third, fourth and fifth seasons of ***Spartacus***. She was a Phoenician born slave who later joined Spartacus' rebellion against the Roman Republic.

She was killed in 71 BC during the Battle of Ariminum, against Marcus Mummius, a tribune of Marcus Licinius Crassus.