Battle of Cantenna

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Battle of Cantenna
Part of the Third Servile War
Magna Graecia, about 280 B.C.
Date 71 BC Location Cantenna, Lucania Result Roman Victory
Belligerents
Roman Republic	Army of escaped slaves
Commanders and leaders
Marcus Licinius Crassus Quintus Marcius Rufus Lucius Pomptinus	Gannicus † Castus †
Strength
8 Roman legions with auxiliaries (about 45,000 men)	about 30,000 runaway slaves and gladiators
Casualties and losses
About 4,000–5,000 men	12,300 killed (Plutarch) and about 15,000 taken prisoner

The Battle of Cantenna was one of the last battles of the Third Servile War, and took place in 71 BC near Cantenna, Lucania,^[1][2] about 5 km (3.1 mi) from Giungano. The slave army was annihilated by Marcus Licinius Crassus' legions.