Gannicus Time Line


Does anybody know what he was doing since he left the ludos ? And why go from freedom to a bleak war ?

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I have a feeling all of those questions will be answered in season 2. My guess is that he enters the war to help Doctore. He was his best friend, regardless of the Melitta situation. In real life, Gannicus was never a slave in a ludus.

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He wasnt eh, Interesting :)

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Considering nothing is known about him, he might have been a slave in a ludus, or an alien from Rygell 7 come to abduct sheep and got caught up in a little slave revolt.

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One fact is that he was a free man at the start of the revolt that had done some freelance work for a Roman legion.

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According to what source? No source mentions any work for a Roman legion, and a single source gives him a Roman first name, meaning he was free. He might never have been a gladiator, or slave, or anything. Only the name is actually known.

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Plutarch, Crassus- states that Gannicus and Castus were free men.

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No, Plutarch gives him a Roman name, "Gaius", and calls him "Gaius Cannicius". Castus is still just Castus. "Gannicus" comes from other sources.

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