02-26-2009, 07:56 PM
Quote:I disagree. 70 men escaped from Capua, but more than 100,000 men - not only gladiators, but the entire slave body of Italy - joined Spartacus' army, who began to be as popular as Pompey or Caesar's armies were and would be.
That's exactly what I said, 70 gladiators escaped from the ludus of Lentulus Batiatus which was located in Capua. So you do not disagree but agree with me :lol: About the others I did not say anything, but it's a fact that those 100,000 men were mainly slaves and only these very few were gladiators. I just tried to answer your first question about the organization of the slave "army" and said that the way you posed your question reminded me of the novel I just read.
