Batalia de la Muntele-Vesuvius-Rascoala lui Spartacus !

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After escaping from Capua the gladiators first elected three leaders from among their ranks: the first was Spartacus, who was followed by  the Gauls Crixus and Oenomanus. Shortly after their escape Roman guards from Capua came after the escapees, but the gladiators were able to repulse them. They then swapped out their old weaponry for captured Roman ones, with Plutarch claiming they considered these weapons dishonourable to use. The rebels then marched to the nearby Mount Vesuvius, a naturally defensible position ideal for making a base.
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The Romans at first did not take this uprising seriously and the armies they sent against Spartacus were accordingly of poor quality, consisting of hastily levied and equipped men. The first Roman commander to move against the rebels was the Praetor Caius Clodius Glaber with a force of 3,000 men, blocking the sole route down from the mountain with the intention of starving Spartacus into surrender. However the rebels, who by now had a larger force as well, soon realized that they could make use of the many thick vines and branches around Vesuvius to create makeshift ladders and ropes which they used to outflank the Romans.
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Glaber was closely monitoring the rebel position on the main approach, but was completely unprepared for an attack elsewhere. The rebels fell upon the Roman rear and threw them into utter confusion, routing Glaber and then capturing his camp. Unfortunately we lack any great details of this battle, but it was a clear success for the rebels which helped their movement gain momentum. Plutarch records that many shepherds and herdsmen joined the revolt at this stage, "sturdy men and fast on their feet", who made for ideal front line soldiers but also scouts and skirmishers, yet another passage that supports the theory of rebellious Italians joining Spartacus. The defeat of Glaber would also have afforded Spartacus more Roman equipment to provide his men: the war had just escalated.