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Castus (rebel slave)
Castus
was a
Gallic
slave, who together with the
Thracian
Spartacus
, and the fellow Gauls
Crixus
,
Oenomaus
and
Gannicus
, 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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