Cleon (Roman rebel)

Cleon was a Cilician and a slave of Sicily who became a general of Eunus during the First Servile War.[1] He was killed in 132 BC.

Cleon was a slave from Sicily, taken from Cilicia (modern-day Turkey).[2] He then met the slave Eunus, and became his general when Eunus began his rebellion.

Reference

  1. ↑ Theresa Urbainczyk (2008). Slave Revolts in Antiquity. University of California Press. pp. 56–. ISBN 978-0-520-25701-6.
  2. ↑ Thomas Grunewald (31 July 2004). Bandits in the Roman Empire: Myth and Reality. Routledge. pp. 64–. ISBN 978-1-134-33758-3.