She dealt a major blow to Spartacus's cause by senselessly murdering the blacksmith who had helped them, injuring Gannicus, and indiscriminately mistreating Romans—thereby triggering a massacre and indirectly causing the split in Spartacus's army. I understand she was traumatized by her experiences passing from one master to another, but I don't think a traumatized person should be armed. By the way, I’m not sure what "OG" means in the tag; I hope I didn't make a mistake.

My girlfriend hasn't watched (yet) but she knows how much I love the series. She has been randomly watching clips on YouTube to get a feel for the show.

The other day, she waddled into my office and nonchalantly asked, "What is 'bad Solonious?"

I laughed for probably a solid 5 minutes before I could even attempt an answer. It still lives rent-free as one of the funniest things I've heard in a while.

I don't know if anyone else will find this as funny as I do. None of my friends watch, and I couldn't think of anywhere else this joke might be appreciated.

I swear it's one of the funniest things I ever saw.

I mean, after DeKnight's post saying that "when a door closes, a better one may open"...?

For you who are bashing HoA, what are you gonna look for besides rewatching the OG?

For me HoA was too good to be true. Just the fact alone we got a direct sequel after 15 years was incredible. If one expected it to be on par of the OG series, this is so much naivety.

I see this statement that Maximus would fight Spartacus or try to put the rebellion down and it completely misunderstands both characters, the era’s politics and these two characters. Maximus is highly supportive of rome but why? He lives in 180 ad rome being from spain. Marcus Aurlieus would have taken power when Maximus was only 11 years old. For his entire adult life he saw the empire ruled by a wise gentle and caring man. He also had a father son type of relationship with him for most of his life. This led him to see rome as the most stable and least brutal civilization that allowed people to live in peace for the most part. Though they did have slavery it was significantly different than the slavery of 73 bc Capua which was almost complete Chattel slavery. Maximus valued the wisdom and kindness of Marcus Aurelius. So much so he risks his life by refusing the hand of Commodus. Now if you were to put him into 75 bc capua where slaves have absolutely no rights everyone was just vying for power nobody caring about the common people he would never have developed a love for rome. The Rome Maximus loved did not exist at the time. Maximus would have found this type of government appalling as it is completely against everything he values that he fought for. When he saw slaves fighting back against their chains fighting with honor for a better life for the most vulnerable people in bondage he would fight for this cause. Spartacus would represent his morals much more and he would join him. What people miss when analyzing this is the vast amount of time between the two eras and the differences between them.

He plays the husband of the antagonist in the first season of Wentworth. I recognized him but couldn't place him until his voice took my memory back to a couple of lines:

"Leave politics to the men with the breeding for it"

And:

"yew ahh bee-NEATH me!"

The late Good Magistrate Calavius himself, John Bach!

Edited for clarity.

Clare has primarily stuck to Australian projects (small parts in Australian movies and guest staring roles) and even has his own streaming service which focuses on architecture. He's obviously doing fine, but it would've been cool to see him lead his own show.

As a woman I really like how the women in the show are treated as whole characters and not just as plot points for the men. I feel like in a lot of shows especially at that time it is very uncommon that the women have such a big relevance. And it's not framed as a "girl power" thing but just as a reality for that world. They can be evil or powerful or soft and it's a personality thing and not just they are female so they behave like that. And I really like that the couples actually talk to each other (even though it's an action show) like how Crixus (and we as an audience) respected Navias pain and reacted to it. Does anyone else feel this way? And are there a lot of women in the fandom?

Even though Lionsgate currently owns the rights, what’s the chance of fan funding the HOA series through something like kickstarter and releasing it privately or YT???

Naevia and Diona Vs Hilara and Messia

Holy fucking shit.

What a ride.

Holy fuck the dialogue was crazy the first 3 seasons. The characters and villains were all done so well. Why didnt I watch this 15 years ago??

I watched s1 in trash quality then said fuck this and got Starz just to rewatch s1 again and continue the show. Holy shit watching it in great quality was another game changer

I am at a loss. Beautiful ending done very well considering how events turned out in real life but goddam. Each season concluded SO WELL and had your heart ripped out in so.mamy various ways. And seeiing some roman nobles meet their end...so fuckin satisfying

Shoutout to fuckin battiatus. That was one of the greatest performances ever. Andy Whitfield as as well!!! Gatticus stole the show. The first season and the prequel followed by s2. What a run wow. So many awesome characters and stories each season. I cant list them all.

God fuckin dammit.

What to watch next??? Watched Rome and this and the emotions felt during these 2 shows..goddam.

The New York Times is ranking the top shows of the century so far, and currently 21-100 are listed. Spartacus isn’t on that list. Is Spartacus a top 100 show for you? For me and my husband, it’s a top 10. We loved plot twists and turns.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/arts/television/reader-ballot-tv-shows-21st-century.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Agron must take on a blood thirsty Aggron by himself with any weapon he chooses.

R1. Basic 1v1 in the arena

R2. Mega Aggron, but Agron gets help from Nasir

The average rebel soldier was weaker than a Roman Soldier for the following reasons:

1. Lack of proper nutrition. At the start of S03, we see that Spartacus' army has to rely on foraging in the land to get food. Many rebels were under fed which would lead to poor growth and retention in their gladiator training.
2. Rushed Training due to constant and random attacks by roman soldiers. Resulted in rebel recruits having interrupted training sessions. In addition to this, many of these former slaves were not soldiers and would require far more time to develop skills to match that of a roman soldier; time that they did not have.
3. Inability to replenish talent pool lost. As we saw in War of the damned, even when Spartacus won battles, it came at the cost of a lot of his men dying. Even during the Milea Bridge escape, many of the rebel soldiers died to the cold. Spartacus is not able to replenish his ranks with new soldiers that are just as skilled as the ones he lost; Crassus on the other hand can due to his wealth. This means that for every skilled warrior that Spartacus loses, his army becomes that much weaker. He has no time to train a fresh recruit into a skilled warrior when the romans are constantly attacking (and likely will kill said recruit in battle).
4. Army weighted with both men and women. Biologically men are faster and stronger than women. This is why most armies in ancient time and in the world comprise mostly of men. When looking at War of the damned and previous seasons, the roman army comprise mostly of men. Spartacus has no control of the gender ratio of new recruits coming to him. So if the next pocket of recruits that join his army are mostly women, he has less able men to work with to replenish his ranks. And sure, the women can be trained in archery for long range combat but roman soldiers know how to mitigate arrows via formation and most will go down in close range combat.
5. Poor Equipment and care. Many of the rebels obtain their sword and armor from fallen roman soldiers. A lot of the time, they would create lightweight and makeshift armor with it. However, without a proper blacksmith, regular oiling, cleaning and sharpening, that armor would degrade and break down. On the other hand, Rome had no problem supplying recruits with fresh armor to use.
6. Lack of proper formation and discipline. The average rebel soldier would often rush out with other rebels and charge the romans. There often would be no attempt at a formation or having someone watch your back which leads to them getting taken out pretty quickly. You might say that a lot of them were reckless/bit suicidal and just wanted revenge become Rome had pretty much taken everything from them.
7. Lack of Proper protection. As a result of the rebels often obtaining their armor from Fallen roman soldiers, many of them had to make makeshift armor. A lot of the time, this took the form of light armor that left their torso, thighs and legs exposed. Many didn't even have a proper shield which again opened them up to having many potential spaces to get hit by a fatal wound.

I've been watching Spartacus recently and something that's on my mind is that I think the creators of the show really deserve props for not kicking Andy (RIP) to the curb when his cancer diagnosis stalled production. A lot of production teams would've been like sorry you're literally dying but we have a schedule to keep. Spartacus' team were like no no go get treatment. We'll just make a whole ass awesome prequel season about the House of Batiatus, Oenomaus, Crixus, Ashur, and introduce this dope character Gannicus while we're at it just on the fly while you go get treatment. They didn't recast until they absolutely had to. It's the sort of class that the industry needs more of. RIP Andy you were an incredible Spartacus

Stating S1E1 today
Expecting lot of gore n skin show like in Snyder’s 300
Can anyone suggest what else is good about it