Lucius Cossinius was a Roman

praetor ''Praetor'' ( , ), also ''pretor'', was the title granted by the government of ancient Rome to a man acting in one of two official capacities: (i) the commander of an army, and (ii) as an elected ''magistratus'' (magistrate), assigned to disch ...

who aided

Publius Varinius Publius Varinius (born circa 110 BC) was a Roman praetor in 73 BC, proconsul in 72 BC, and a military commander who was unsuccessful during the Third Servile War. The historical account of his involvement in the ''Third Servile War'' is incompl ...

against

Spartacus Spartacus (; ) was a Thracians, Thracian gladiator (Thraex) who was one of the Slavery in ancient Rome, escaped slave leaders in the Third Servile War, a major Slave rebellion, slave uprising against the Roman Republic. Historical accounts o ...

during the

Third Servile War The Third Servile War, also called the Gladiator War and the War of Spartacus by Plutarch, was the last in a series of slave rebellions against the Roman Republic known as the Servile Wars. This third rebellion was the only one that directl ...

. He was aided by his

tribune Tribune () was the title of various elected officials in ancient Rome. The two most important were the Tribune of the Plebs, tribunes of the plebs and the military tribunes. For most of Roman history, a college of ten tribunes of the plebs ac ...

Lucius Furius Lucius Furius (''Brocchus''?) was a Roman commander who aided Publius Varinius and Lucius Cossinius against Spartacus in the Third Servile War. Third Servile War Media portrayals Furius was portrayed by Jared Turner in the Starz original seri ...

and the

quaestor A quaestor ( , ; ; "investigator") was a public official in ancient Rome. There were various types of quaestors, with the title used to describe greatly different offices at different times. In the Roman Republic, quaestors were elected officia ...

Gaius Toranius.

Film Portrayals

Cossinius was portrayed by John Wraight in the

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original series Spartacus: War of the Damned.

References

1st-century BC Romans Third Servile War {{AncientRome-politician-stub