oph ilus . ▁The ▁un prep ared ▁town ▁was ▁captured ▁and ▁sav ag ely ▁s ack ed ▁by ▁the ▁ins urg ents , ▁who ▁executed ▁every ▁inhab it ant ▁but ▁the ▁iron - f org ers , ▁who ▁were ▁ch ained ▁to ▁their ▁sm ith ies ▁and ▁put ▁to ▁manufact uring ▁arms ▁for ▁their ▁capt ors . ▁Dam oph ilus ▁was ▁but cher ed ▁after ▁being ▁ins ult ingly ▁par aded ▁through ▁the ▁local ▁the ater . ▁A bject ly ▁begg ing ▁for ▁his ▁life ▁while ▁his ▁wife ▁was ▁tort ured ▁to ▁death ▁by ▁her ▁servants . ▁Their ▁daughter , ▁who ▁had ▁once ▁attempted ▁to ▁alle vi ate ▁the ▁suffering ▁of ▁her ▁family ' s ▁slaves , ▁was ▁sp ared ▁by ▁the ▁mob ▁and ▁given ▁an ▁honor able ▁esc ort ▁which ▁was ▁to ▁deliver ▁her ▁to ▁the ▁Roman ▁g arrison ▁at ▁Cat ana . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁capture ▁of ▁En na , ▁the ▁revol t ▁quickly ▁spread . ▁Ach ae us , ▁a ▁Greek ▁slave , ▁was ▁named ▁commander - in - ch ief ▁by ▁E un us , ▁who ▁simultaneously ▁proc laimed ▁himself ▁king ▁Ant io chus , ▁of ▁Sy ria . ▁A ▁group ▁of ▁ 5 , 0 0 0 ▁slaves ▁on ▁the ▁south ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁island ▁under ▁Cle on ▁rose ▁up ▁and ▁managed ▁to ▁capture ▁Agr igent um , ▁after ▁which ▁they ▁joined ▁E un us ▁and ▁his ▁forces . ▁The ▁numbers ▁of ▁the ▁slave ▁army ▁sw elled ▁rapidly ▁from ▁ 1 0 , 0 0 0 ▁to ▁