He was the gift of a born leader, people were drawn to him. However, if you asked a slave why they followed him, they would probably give you an answer similar to this "he made men love him... They didn't know why it happened or exactly how it happened... and yet when he decided , they did as he said.” (Faust, 109) With Varinia at his side, Spartacus decided that the time had come to no longer be a slave, he freed himself from the grip of the Lanistas and left Rome, plundering the estates and freeing them slaves along the river.