Gladiator, participant in the uprising of Spartacus
Gannicus
Slave Leader
Personal details
Born
Unknown
Died
71 BC Lucania
Nationality
Celtic[1][2]
Military service
Battles/wars
Third Servile War
Gannicus was a Celtic[1][2][3] slave, who together with the Thracian Spartacus, Crixus, Castus and Oenomaus, became one of the leaders of rebel slaves during the Third Servile War (73–71 BC). In the winter of 71 BC, Gannicus, along with Castus, broke off from Spartacus, taking a large number of Celts and Germans with them, marking the second detachment of the rebellion. Gannicus and Castus met their end at the Battle of Cantenna in Lucania near Mount Soprano (Mount Camalatrum), where Marcus Licinius Crassus, Lucius Pomptinus and Quintus Marcius Rufus entrenched their forces in battle and defeated them.
defeated them. Gannicus was portrayed in a minor role by Paul Lambert in the 1960 film Spartacus, directed by Stanley Kubrick. Gannicus is portrayed by...
Dustin Clare is an Australian actor. He is known for his starring role as Gannicus in the Starz series Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, Spartacus: Vengeance...
warrior who is an antagonist to Mira (Katrina Law) and love interest for Gannicus (Dustin Clare) but eventually sides with Spartacus during his slave rebellion...
historians. Certainly other slave leaders are mentioned—Crixus, Oenomaus, Gannicus, and Castus—and it cannot be told from the historical evidence whether...
his army. However, a force of about 20,000 slaves remained behind under Gannicus and Castus. So, Crassus decided to finish them first. He sent 2 legates...
Later in the rebellion, another Gaul, Castus, and Celtic former gladiator Gannicus also served as generals under Spartacus. The movement, in the course of...
his order by the senate to defeat Spartacus and his army of slaves. When Gannicus and Castus, two of Spartacus' former commanders, split from the main force...
and about 50,000 rebels managed to slip past Crassus' defenses, while Gannicus and Castus remained behind with the remaining 12,000 soldiers of the rebel...
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Arena follows Lentulus Batiatus's (John Hannah) life as a lanista, and Gannicus's (Dustin Clare) time as a gladiator Spartacus: Vengeance 2012 sequel to...
Roman forces defeated a detached of Spartacus' army led by gladiators Gannicus and Castus Battle of Campania – Slave Revolt led by Spartacus defeat a...
famous of the leaders along with Spartacus during the Third Servile War. Gannicus 1st century BC (died 71 BC) Gallic Gallic slave, he became leader of a...
and Noisy Boy, and Maniacop and Yorvak to win. IWRG Tryout Tournament Gannicus March 5 Defeated Fussion in the final to win. Rebelión de los Juniors El...
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under Marcus Licinius Crassus defeat slave armies, killing their leaders Gannicus and Castus. Battle of the Silarius River Roman forces led by Marcus Licinius...
first leader of the runaway slave settlement of Quilombo dos Palmares. Gannicus, an enslaved Celt and one of the leaders of rebel slaves during the Third...
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