A young senator and protégé of Gracchus who is given military command to counter Crassus. He rejects Gracchus' plan to bribe pirates as beneath Roman dignity, switches allegiance to Crassus, and is already viewed by Crassus as a future rival who will eventually eclipse him.
Caesar becomes aligned with the Roman response against Spartacus.
Caesar joins Crassus after rejecting the political strategy used to remove Spartacus's army from Italy.
Their alliance contains an emerging struggle for Roman supremacy.
Caesar goes over to Crassus, while Crassus worries that Caesar may someday eclipse him.
They are connected indirectly through the Roman response to the revolt.
Batiatus is involved in the political plan to remove Spartacus's army from Italy, a plan that Caesar rejects as undignified.
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