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	Spartacan victory
Belligerents
Rebel army composed mostly of freed slaves and gladiators	Roman Republic
Commanders and leaders
Spartacus	Lucius Gellius; Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus
Strength
120,000	~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.

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