The 10-episode first season will debut on Friday, December 5 with its first two episodes at midnight via the Starz app and all streaming and on-demand platforms. Episodes will make their linear debut later that night at 9/8c.
Covering the next chapter in the legendary world of Spartacus, the thrilling, erotic, history-bending, roller-coaster experience builds on everything that made the original series a colossal hit. What if Ashur (Tarabay) had lived, and the Romans rewarded his treachery with the gladiator school where he once bled? Welcome to the House of Ashur. No longer a slave, Ashur has clawed his way to power, owning the same ludus that once owned him. But ruling a band of merciless gladiators is child's play compared to surviving the savage world of Roman politics - a cutthroat game in which betrayal isn't a sin, it's currency. He flips tradition on its head by unleashing Achillia, a fierce and powerful gladiatrix eager to prove herself worthy in a man's world. Together, they ignite a new kind of spectacle that shocks, disrupts and offends the elite with every drop of blood.
In addition to Tarabay, the drama stars Graham McTavish, Tenika Davis, Jordi Webber, Jamaica Vaughan, Ivana Baquero, Claudia Black, India Shaw-Smith, Jackson Gallagher, Jaime Slater and Leigh Gill.
Original series creator Steven S. DeKnight returns as showrunner. He executive produces with Rick Jacobson and Aaron Helbing. Lionsgate Television produces.
