Spartacus is left to face both Publicola and Lentulus' forces on both sides, and defeats them both. Crixus separates from Spartacus with his own army, only to be defeated by Publicola in Apulia near the Garganus Mountains. Praetor Publius Varinius, with his commanders Lucius Cossinius, Lucius Furius and Gaius Toranius are also defeated by Spartacus, causing the senate to send two consuls, Gellius Publicola and Cornelius Lentulus, to end the rebellion. With this first defeat, the rebel ranks quickly grow with many thousands of runaway slaves, and in the pursuing months, many small towns and cities around Italia are attacked and plundered, and many more Roman armies are destroyed. However, with no fortifications built, Glaber is easily tricked and defeated by Spartacus' force in the dead of night. At first, Glaber succeeds in forcing the rebels to seek refuge atop Mount Vesuvius. The rebel leader comes to be known as Spartacus, and with him his four generals Crixus, Oenomaus, Gannicus and Castus. With Capua's city militia destroyed, the Roman senate sends Praetor Gaius Claudius Glaber to handle the threat. News spreads of a slave revolt in Capua following a break out of Gladiators from the Ludus of Lanista Lentulus Batiatus.
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