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Spartacus

The prequel aired between the first two seasons but is set years before the first, and the title role is played by two different actors.

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Where to start with Spartacus

Before anything else, one fact that is better known in advance than discovered in episode one of the second season: Andy Whitfield, who plays Spartacus in the first thirteen episodes, was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma after they were made and died in September 2011. The part was recast with his agreement. Knowing that going in is kinder than working it out from a different face.

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    Spartacus: Blood and Sand Spartacus: Blood and Sand

    Thirteen episodes and the right place to start whatever anyone says about the prequel. It is the only run with Andy Whitfield, and the first three or four episodes are the ones that decide whether the style is for you.

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    Spartacus: Gods of the Arena Spartacus: Gods of the Arena

    Six episodes set years earlier, in the same house, with most of the same Romans and none of Spartacus. Watching it second rather than first is the point: every character in it is someone Blood and Sand has already made you care about, and its ending is only an ending if you know what the house becomes.

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    Spartacus: Vengeance Spartacus: Vengeance

    Ten episodes, and the season where Liam McIntyre takes over the part. The change is not written into the story and is not explained on screen; it simply happens, which is why it is worth being told about beforehand.

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    Spartacus: War of the Damned Spartacus: War of the Damned

    Ten episodes and a real ending, which the historical record fixes in advance. Thirty-nine episodes in total and no cliffhanger.

Then what? Spartacus: House of Ashur, ten episodes from December 2025, is the only thing made since and is not a continuation. It is set in an alternate timeline where Ashur is not killed at the end of Vengeance and is handed a gladiator school instead, so it contradicts War of the Damned by design. Watch it last, or not at all, and treat it as a what-if rather than a fifth season. Starz cancelled it after one season in May 2026 despite a second season script already being written, and Lionsgate has been trying to place it elsewhere, so its ending may be the last of it.

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