Battle of Cantenna

Battle of Cantenna
	Part of the Third Servile War
	; Magna Graecia, about 280 B.C.
Location	Lucania
Result	Roman Victory
Belligerents
Roman Republic	Army of escaped slaves
Commanders and leaders
Marcus Licinius Crassus; Quintus Marcius Rufus; Lucius Pomptinus	Gannicus †; Castus †
Strength
2 Legions; 6000 Legionaries	Unknown

The Battle of Cantenna was one of the last battles of the Third Servile War, and took place in Lucania in 71 BC.^[1]^[2]

Gannicus and Castus, the leaders of the rebellious force, were killed in battle by Roman soldiers under the command of Marcus Licinius Crassus. Crassus deployed two of his commanders: Quintus Marcius Rufus and Lucius Pomptinus and a portion of his legions to fight the rebels.^{[citation needed]}

References[]

^ Strauss, Barry, The Spartacus War, 2009, pp. 163-166.
^ Frontinus, Strategems, quoted in Shaw, Brent D., Spartacus and the Slave Wars, 2001, pp. 157-158.

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[1] Strauss, Barry, The Spartacus War, 2009, pp. 163-166.

[2] Frontinus, Strategems, quoted in Shaw, Brent D., Spartacus and the Slave Wars, 2001, pp. 157-158.

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