Battle of Picenum

Battle of Picenum
Part of the Third Servile War
Map showing the movement of the slave army of Spartacus and those of the Roman forces. Part 4 was the Battle of Picenum.
Date 72 BC Location Within Picenum region, Italia, Roman Republic (present-day Marche region, Italy) Result Rebel victory[1]
Belligerents
Rebel army composed mostly of freed slaves and gladiators	Roman Republic
Commanders and leaders
Spartacus	Lucius Gellius Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus Gaius Julius Caesar
Strength
120,000[2]	~20,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown, but heavy

The Battle of Picenum was one of the major battles of the Third Servile War, between the slave army of Spartacus and the combined consular forces of the Roman Republic led by the two consuls Lucius Gellius and Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus. It took place in Picenum region in 72 BC. It was a victory for Spartacus, and it proved to be his greatest triumph of the war.