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Spartacus: House of Ashur(2025)

Also known as Spartacus: La casa de Ashur • Spartacus - House of Ashur • Spartacus: A Casa de Ashur

Archived · STARZ

16+10 eps
S01
DramaActionHistory
ON AIR: DEC 5Season 1Archived listing

What to Expect

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Spartacus: House of Ashur pairs graphic arena combat with political maneuvering in an ancient Roman world of marble villas and backroom deals. The action is bloody, the sexuality explicit, and the tone savage and operatic rather than restrained. Heightened dialogue, pitched between Shakespeare and pulp, gives the plotting as much theatrical force as the sword fights.

Ashur’s charm and cruelty make his pursuit of power an uneasy business for anyone allied with him. Loyalties shift from episode to episode, while revenge and rising fortunes drive a brisk, continuing story. A deal can offer a route upward or expose someone to betrayal, and sudden killings give those maneuvers consequences beyond wounded pride.

Best for

bloody arena action, ruthless survivor drama and Drama

Story lane

Drama and Action

Commitment

Season 1 · 10 episodes

Where

STARZ

Official Premise

The story is based on the assumption that Ashur did not die on Vesuvius in the denouement of the second season of the original fiction.

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