And damn, did the show hook me quickly after that. However, I had seen John Hannah (Batiatus) and Lucy Lawless (Lucretia) in other things before, so I stuck with it. Nothing special a lot of gory violence, graphic sex and nudity, and colourful baroque mock-Shakespearean dialogue so over-the-top that I couldn't tell whether the acting was good or not. For the first two episodes, that's exactly what I got. I figured some swords-and-sandals would fit the bill in the meantime. I started watching this very belatedly in early 2019 while waiting for the final season of Game of Thrones. As the series develops, the story follows the betrayals and machinations of Roman life and a tale of one man's heroic quest for vengeance. Spartacus is purchased by Batiatus for gladiator training, who promises to help him find Sura if he proves himself in training.

He becomes a favorite of the crowd, leading Senator Albinius to commute his death sentence to a life of slavery. Spartacus, however, proves to be a formidable gladiator, and defeats the four gladiators tasked with executing him. Captured by Glaber, Spartacus is condemned to death as a Gladiator, whilst his wife Sura is condemned to slavery.

However after Glaber reneges on the deal and switches his attentions from the Getae to attack Mithridates in Asia Minor, the Thracians feel betrayed and mutiny. The Thracians had been persuaded by Claudius Glaber to serve as auxiliaries in the Roman legions in a campaign against the Getae, who had often plundered Thracian lands. The inspiration behind this series is the Thracian Gladiator Spartacus, who led a slave uprising against the Roman Republic.

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