Trius

**Trius** (legal name **Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Trius**) is a recurring character in the second, third, fourth and fifth seasons of ***Spartacus***. He was a Greek born Gladiator from the Ludus of Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Batiatus in Capua. A decade before the beginning of the Third Servile War, Trius had won his freedom, settling in the town of Volaterrae. In 73 BC, Trius would hear of Spartacus' victory over Praetor Gaius Claudius Glaber at Mount Vesuvius. Discontent with his life as a freedman, he travelled south to join Spartacus' rebellion, where his old friends Oenomaus and Crixus vouching for him.

In 71 BC, following the Battle of the Silarus River, Trius was able to escape the Crassus' pursuing troops, but would later travel to the Appian Way, attempting to rescue a number of the crucified rebels, but was ultimately killed by Crassus' troops.

## Background

### Early Life

Trius was born in the city of Gythium in Greece in 125 BC. From a young age, Trius was impulsive, and was repeatedly disciplined by his father.

In 102 BC, Trius was falsely accused of stealing a large amount of coin from a local Magistrate, and was immediately captured and handed over to the Cilician pirates, and enslaved.

Once they arrived at the slave market of Capua, Trius was sold to Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Batiatus, a Lanista. Over the next ten years, Trius would win many victories in the arena, fighting in the style of the Murmillo

In 86 BC, Trius managed to save enough Denarii to purchase his freedom. With Batiatus as his patron, Trius remained in Capua, and opened a butchers shop. In 84 BC, Trius would move to the town of Volaterrae in the west of Etruria.

84 to 73 BC

### Third Servile War

During the funeral Games dedicated to Crixus and his fallen forces, Trius was among the rebels who brought the Roman captives out to fight. One of the first captives brought out to fight, a Centurion named Cornelius Abarbus refused to fight, and after calling Spartacus a slave directly, an enraged Trius stabbed him through the neck with his Pugio. For the rest of the following two days, Trius helped ensure that all of the 600 captured Roman troops fought to the death.

#### Death

Initially escaping the final battle against Crassus and also escaping being captured by Crassus' troops, Trius stayed with a small band of surviving rebels for the next few nights. Knowing the captured rebels would be crucified, he planned first to find any other surviving rebels and carry out a small nightly raid along the Appian Way to rescue any surviving rebels they could. That night, Trius and his group would find none alive after they had been tortured and left to die of starvation, thirst and the heat since they were captured.

Trius discovered that his entire group had decided to flee without him in order to save themselves. Trius would stick to the shadows most of the night until he heard a dying rebel begging for help. Believing no Roman scouts were present, he attempted to save the dying rebel, but upon taking the latter down from his cross, the rebel let out a scream of agony, alerting several guards.

## Traits and Skills

* **Skilled combatant**: Trius was a very skilled gladiator, surviving the final battle. After the rebels were crucified, Trius attempted to recover some of the rebels from their crosses. Unfortunately he was caught between a group of Romans and he was killed in the short fight against them, but only after putting up courage against them.
* **Bilingual**: Other than his native tongue, Trius was also fluent in Latin, having learned the language through his years in his ludus.

## Personality

Trius was a kind hearted but tempered man.