Gaius Claudius Glaber was a military commander of the late Roman Republic, holding the office of praetor in 73 BC.
[2] Glaber, who was one of eight elected praetors in 73 BC, is only mentioned by classical historians in connection with his disastrous military leadership against Spartacus.
They note his force of Roman militia (not professional legionaries)[3] was destroyed because he was unable to adapt to the gladiators' unorthodox tactics.
Spartacus' forces used rappelling lines made from local vegetation to scale down the cliffs on the other side of the mountain.
[6] Classics scholar Barry S. Strauss noted that his obscurity might also have been another sign of how little attention the Roman Senate gave Spartacus in 73 BC.