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Battle of Cantenna, the Glossary

Index Battle of Cantenna

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

Table of Contents

  1. 13 relations: Cantenna, Castus (rebel), Gaius Pomptinus, Gannicus, Giungano, Lucania, Marcus Licinius Crassus, Plutarch, Quintus Marcius Rufus, Roman legion, Roman Republic, Spartacus, Third Servile War.

  2. 1st-century BC battles
  3. 70s BC conflicts
  4. 71 BC
  5. Battles of the Servile Wars
  6. Lucania
  7. Marcus Licinius Crassus
  8. Military history of Campania
  9. Third Servile War

Cantenna

A cantenna (a portmanteau blending the words can and antenna) is a homemade directional waveguide antenna, made out of an open-ended metal can.

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Castus (rebel)

Castus was an enslaved Gallic man who, together with the Thracian Spartacus, the fellow Gaul Crixus, and Celt Gannicus, alongside Oenomaus, was one of the leaders of rebellious slaves during the Third Servile War (73–71 BC). Battle of Cantenna and Castus (rebel) are Third Servile War.

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Gaius Pomptinus

Gaius Pomptinus (born 103 BC) was a Roman politician and military officer. Battle of Cantenna and Gaius Pomptinus are Third Servile War.

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Gannicus

Gannicus was a Celtic 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). Battle of Cantenna and Gannicus are Third Servile War.

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Giungano

Giungano (Campanian: Jungane) is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.

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Lucania

Lucania was a historical region of Southern Italy, corresponding to the modern-day region of Basilicata.

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Marcus Licinius Crassus

Marcus Licinius Crassus (115 – 53 BC) was a Roman general and statesman who played a key role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire.

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Plutarch

Plutarch (Πλούταρχος, Ploútarchos;; – after AD 119) was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi.

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Quintus Marcius Rufus

Quintus Marcius Rufus was a Roman commander of Marcus Licinius Crassus during the Third Servile War. Battle of Cantenna and Quintus Marcius Rufus are Third Servile War.

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Roman legion

The Roman legion (legiō), the largest military unit of the Roman army, was composed of Roman citizens serving as legionaries.

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Roman Republic

The Roman Republic (Res publica Romana) was the era of classical Roman civilization beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom (traditionally dated to 509 BC) and ending in 27 BC with the establishment of the Roman Empire following the War of Actium.

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Spartacus

Spartacus (Spártakos; Spartacus) was a Thracian gladiator (Thraex) who was one of the escaped slave leaders in the Third Servile War, a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic. Battle of Cantenna and Spartacus are Third Servile War.

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Third Servile War

The Third Servile War, also called the Gladiator War and the War of Spartacus by Plutarch, was the last in a series of slave rebellions against the Roman Republic known as the Servile Wars. Battle of Cantenna and Third Servile War are 1st century BC in the Roman Republic and 70s BC conflicts.

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See also

1st-century BC battles

70s BC conflicts

71 BC

Battles of the Servile Wars

Lucania

Marcus Licinius Crassus

Military history of Campania

Third Servile War

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cantenna