In 73 B.C. all Italy was terrified by a rising of the slaves, and particularly of the gladiators, led by a gladiator from Thessaly, Spartacus. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
With part of the army he went on to the Hellespont, leaving the main force in Thessaly under a general, Mardonius. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.