Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Batiatus (or, possibly, Vatia) was the Roman owner of a  gladiatorial school in Capua (near Mount Vesuvius), in southern Italy. It was from this school that in 73 BCE, the Thracian slave, Spartacus, and about 70 to 78 followers, escaped. The break-out led to the slave rebellion known as the Third Servile War (73 – 71 BCE).