In an attempt to participate in the opening games of the soon to be completed arena, Batiatus selects his most skilled gladiator, Gannicus the Celt, the original champion of the House of Batiatus, for a duel in the marketplace. Meanwhile, Lucretia welcomes the sudden return to Capua of Gaia, a young but recently widowed friend, and "party girl" from Rome who is attracted to both the delights of the ludus and of opium. Arriving at the ludus, Crixus soon meets veteran gladiator Oenomaus (who has a slave wife named Melitta), as well as Syrian slave recruits Ashur and Dagan. Seeking fame, he (with the support of his old friend Solonius) tries to win favor with a local nobleman, Tullius, by paying 50 dinars for a Gallic slave worth only 10 named Crixus - by noting his potential to be a great fighter. Opening around five years before the arrival of Spartacus, Batiatus finds himself administering his father's ludus, while his father is in Sicily living in semi-retirement.
Stephen Lovatt as Tullius – Batiatus' brutal business rival and enemy.Jeffrey Thomas as Titus Lentulus Batiatus – Quintus Batiatus' father and the pater familias of the House of Batiatus.
Craig Walsh Wrightson as Marcus Decius Solonius – Batiatus' close friend who has aspirations of becoming a lanista himself.Jaime Murray as Gaia – a social climber and Lucretia's friend.Lucy Lawless as Lucretia – Batiatus' wife.John Hannah as Quintus Lentulus Batiatus – a lanista.Jessica Grace Smith as Diona – a house-slave and Naevia's friend who loses her virginity at the whim of Cossutius.Lesley-Ann Brandt as Naevia – a young house-slave.
Temuera Morrison as Ulpius/Doctore – Oenomaus' predecessor as the trainer of Batiatus' gladiators.Josef Brown as Auctus – a gladiator and Barca's lover.Antonio Te Maioha as Barca – a Carthaginian gladiator.Shane Rangi as Dagan – a gladiatorial recruit who speaks only Aramaic, and fellow Syrian to Ashur.Tarabay as Ashur – a new Syrian gladiatorial recruit. Manu Bennett as Crixus – a new Gallic gladiatorial recruit.Marisa Ramirez as Melitta – Lucretia's body slave, the wife of Oenomaus.Peter Mensah as Oenomaus/Doctore – a Numidian gladiator who later becomes the doctore of Batiatus' gladiators.Dustin Clare as Gannicus – a Celtic gladiator who is the champion of the Batiatus' ludus.Main article: List of Spartacus characters
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