Spartacus is a Starz television series that focuses on the historical figure of Spartacus, a Thracian gladiator who, from 73 to 71 BC, led a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic. Executive produced by Steven S. DeKnight and Rob Tapert, the show focuses on the events of Spartacus's early life leading to his recorded history. This article is a list of characters from the television series.
Cast Main Actor Character Seasons Blood and Sand Gods of the Arena Vengeance War of the Damned House of Ashur Gladiators & Slaves Andy Whitfield Spartacus colspan="2" rowspan="2" Liam McIntyre colspan="2" colspan="2" Manu Bennett Crixus colspan="4" Erin Cummings Sura colspan="3" Peter Mensah Oenomaus colspan="3" Nick E. Tarabay Ashur colspan="3" Katrina Law Mira colspan="2" Dustin Clare Gannicus colspan="3" Marisa Ramirez Melitta colspan="2" Dan Feuerriegel Agron colspan="2" Lesley-Ann Brandt Naevia colspan="2" colspan="3" Cynthia Addai-Robinson colspan="2" colspan="2" Ellen Hollman Saxa colspan="2" Ditch Davey Nemetes colspan="2" Pana Hema Taylor Nasir colspan="2" Jenna Lind Kore colspan="3" Graham McTavish Korris colspan="4" Tenika Davis Achillia colspan="4" Jamaica Vaughan Hilara colspan="4" Ivana Baquero Messia colspan="4" Leigh Gill Satyrus colspan="4" Jordi Webber Tarchon colspan="4" Romans John Hannah Quintus Lentulus Batiatus colspan="2" Lucy Lawless Lucretia colspan="3" Viva Bianca Ilithyia colspan="2" Jaime Murray Gaia colspan="2" Craig Parker Gaius Claudius Glaber colspan="2" Brett Tucker Publius Varinius colspan="2" colspan="2" Simon Merrells Marcus Licinius Crassus colspan="3" Christian Antidormi Tiberius Licinius Crassus colspan="3" Anna Hutchison Laeta colspan="3" Todd Lasance Gaius Julius Caesar colspan="3" Jackson Gallagher colspan="4" Claudia Black Cossutia colspan="4" India Shaw-Smith Viridia colspan="4"
Recurring
Actor Character Seasons Blood and Sand Gods of the Arena Vengeance War of the Damned House of Ashur Gladiators & Slaves Ioane King Rhaskos colspan="3" colspan="2" Raicho Vasilev Gnaeus colspan="2" colspan="3" Antonio Te Maioha Barca colspan="2" colspan="3" Brooke Williams Aurelia colspan="2" Eka Darville Pietros colspan="4" Ande Cunningham Duro colspan="4" Jai Courtney Varro colspan="2" Shane Rangi Dagan colspan="3" Jessica Grace Smith Diona colspan="3" Josef Brown Auctus colspan="3" Heath Jones Donar colspan="2" colspan="2" Barry Duffield Lugo colspan="2" colspan="2" Gwendoline Taylor Sibyl colspan="3" Vince Colosimo Heracleo colspan="3" Blessing Mokgohloa Castus colspan="3" Evander Brown Ephesius colspan="4" Graham Vincent Hedylus colspan="4" Louis Hunter Erato colspan="4" Donald Ross Salvius colspan="4" Dan Hamill Celadus colspan="4" Mikey Thompson Musicus colspan="4" Daniel Bos Balbus colspan="4" Duane Wichman Evans Dacus colspan="4" Eden Hart Elata colspan="4" Romans Craig Walsh Wrightson Marcus Decius Solonius colspan="2" colspan="2" Greg Ward Mercato colspan="2" John Bach Magistrate Titus Calavius colspan="2" Lliam Powell Numerius Calavius colspan="4" Jason Hood Cossutius colspan="2" colspan="2" Jeffrey Thomas Titus Lentulus Batiatus colspan="2" Stephen Lovatt Tullius colspan="3" Gareth Williams Vettius colspan="3" Peter Feeney Quinctilius Varus colspan="2" Kevin J. Wilson Senator Albinius colspan="2" Hanna Mangan-Lawrence Seppia colspan="2" colspan="2" Tom Hobbs Seppius colspan="2" colspan="2" Luke Pegler Marcus colspan="2" colspan="2" Paul Glover Salvius colspan="2" Timothy Raby Magistrate Gallienus colspan="2" colspan="2" Peter McCauley Lucius Caelius colspan="2" colspan="2" Colin Moy Senator Metellus colspan="3" Roy Snow Rufus colspan="3" Aaron Jakubenko Sabinus colspan="3" Andrew McFarlane Gabinius colspan="4" Simon Arblaster Proculus colspan="4" Arlo Gibson Opiter colspan="4" Cameron Rhodes Uvidus colspan="4" Jaime Slater Cornelia colspan="4"
Main characters Spartacus Portrayed by Andy Whitfield in Blood and Sand, Liam McIntyre in Vengeance and War of the Damned A Thracian who becomes a gladiator in the ludus of Lentulus Batiatus. Spartacus disobeys an order by legatus Gaius Claudius Glaber, who refused to send his men to protect Spartacus' village. Spartacus' wife Sura is condemned to slavery, and Spartacus is taken to Rome to be executed in the games by Glaber. Instead of dying, Spartacus kills the gladiators sent to kill him, and as a result Spartacus cannot be executed: Glaber would lose faith with the people, as Spartacus has become popular with the crowd. Batiatus purchases Spartacus to either win patronage from Glaber by having him killed, or use the Thracian's popularity for his own ends. Spartacus comes to live at the ludus and eventually proves himself a skilled gladiator. He makes an enemy of Crixus, especially when they defeat Theokoles in which fight Crixus is wounded and Spartacus inherits his title of 'the Champion of Capua'. Batiatus makes a deal with Spartacus that if he continues to fight for Batiatus, he will find Spartacus' wife for him; however, she is brought to the ludus dying from an apparent attack. It is revealed immediately afterwards that Batiatus had Sura murdered so Spartacus would stay at the ludus, as he would have no reason to gain his freedom. Eventually, Spartacus finds out and plans vengeance against Batiatus. He gains the support of Crixus and at a party to announce Batiatus' pursuit of political office, Spartacus leads a slave revolt that kills Batiatus and almost all the people in attendance. After she helps him escape the ludus, Mira becomes Spartacus' lover, until she comes to realize he would never love her the way she loved him. Spartacus also achieves vengeance against Glaber for the misery he caused him and his wife, brutally killing the Roman leader after a protracted conflict. The Thracian eventually has an army of hundreds of thousands of freed slaves, who free one city after another. The tensions between him and Crixus heat up again when Crixus wishes to take their army to Rome, whereas Spartacus would head up to the mountains. He also becomes involved with a former Roman woman named Laeta, who now stands slave with the rest of his people. Spartacus hosts a series of games like the ones he used to fight in, to honor Crixus after his death. In the final battle against Crassus, Spartacus leads his people into the fight, and has Gannicus with another group approach from behind. Although they seem to be fighting their way through the army at first, the rebels eventually start to fall one by one. Spartacus then faces off with Crassus, but when he finally has the Roman on his knees, Spartacus is struck from behind, when three spears pierce his body. Agron and others come to his rescue and take him away before Crassus can finish him, but Spartacus has been mortally wounded, and asks his friends to move on without him. He then dies in the hands of Agron, longing to see his wife again. He is buried at the foot of the mountain, with Agron's shield as a gravestone. Coincidentally, the shield has a red serpent on it, thus making Sura's prediction about Spartacus falling before the great, red serpent, come true.
Quintus Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Batiatus Portrayed by John Hannah. A lanista and Spartacus' master. Insatiably greedy and ambitious, he schemes to become a Roman magistrate. His schemes including ridding himself of his business rival Solonius, as well as gaining sufficient advantage with the local magistrate Calavius and legatus Glaber so that they will provide him patronage. However, after refusing to support his ambition, Batiatus kidnaps and kills Calavius. Using blackmail and the aid of Ashur, he has Solonius condemned to the arena, framed for Calavius's murder, and earns the support of Glaber by threatening to reveal that his wife has murdered a noble woman. His plans to control Spartacus (killing his wife so he has no reason to attain his freedom) are uncovered and he is slain by Spartacus in the season 1 finale.
Lucretia Portrayed by Lucy Lawless. Lucretia is Batiatus' wife.
Lucretia acts as a willing partner in order to advance Batiatus' goals, and uses deception and blackmail to further his aims.
In Gods of the Arena, Lucretia poisons Batiatus' father to stop him from disowning his son, framing Tullius for the deed. Despite her loyalty to her husband, she regularly has sex with Crixus. Originally, she did this reluctantly in order to give Batiatus a child, but later started to enjoy it. She jealously resents any other attention to Crixus and, when Ilithyia requests a private session with him, she becomes enraged and tricks Ilithyia into having sex with Spartacus and reveals the event to Licinia. Lucretia eventually falls pregnant with Crixus' child. She is furious when she discovers that Crixus is in love with her body slave, Naevia. She has Naevia sold, and convinces Batiatus to poison Crixus' food so he will be unable to defeat Spartacus in an exhibition match. When the rebels take control of the villa, she is critically wounded, by an angered Crixus to prevent her from bearing his child, and out of revenge for her treatment of Naevia and himself.
In Vengeance, Lucretia is discovered by Glaber when he takes up residence in the former house of Batiatus. As the only survivor of Spartacus's massacre, she becomes viewed as an oracle by the people. After the massacre and Quintus' death, Lucretia was found and cleaned up by Ashur, initially gaining her trust. But he later turns on her after realizing that Lucretia does not truly see him as her equal or partner-in-crime, but as an expendable pawn, and will eventually dispose of him. He then forces her to become his slave and unwilling lover, but his brutal treatment causes Lucretia's sanity and will to live to erode. Regardless, Ashur plans for Lucretia to become his wife after Glaber sets him free. Despite their previous animosity, she and Ilithyia apparently slowly rekindle their friendship.
In the season 2 finale, however, Lucretia is revealed to hold a grudge against Ilithyia for her role in the death of Lucretia's husband, Quintus, and Lucretia's fall from grace, and plans a revenge against Ilithya, as well as Ashur, due to being becoming a victim of Ashur's rapes. As Ilithyia prepares to give birth to her child, Lucretia takes vengeance on Ilithyia and kills her servants. Once the child is born, Lucretia claims it as hers and Quintus' son. Her plan was to bring a son to her husband in the afterlife, so she then commits suicide by falling off a cliff, taking the baby with her.
In House of Ashur, Lucretia appears as a spirit in the underworld, who mocks Ashur for all of his misdeeds, including the repeated rapes he had committed against her, which had ultimately led to his deserved death. While doing this, she attempts to conceal her own torment, as she is trapped for eternity with the man who had inflicted such deep emotional and psychological wounds on her. But Lucretia offers Ashur a second chance of life in an alternate timeline, one where he was never killed. But it still remains unclear, whether this is actually Lucretia or just simply a spirit from the underworld, who took on her physical appearance.
Oenomaus Portrayed by Peter Mensah.