Spartacus: Vengeance
| Spartacus: Vengeance | |
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| Starring |
Liam McIntyre Manu Bennett Peter Mensah Nick E. Tarabay Craig Parker Viva Bianca Dustin Clare Katrina Law Cynthia Addai-Robinson Dan Feuerriegel Brett Tucker Lucy Lawless Pana Hema Taylor Barry Duffield |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
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| Original network | Starz |
| Original release | January 27 – March 30, 2012 |
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Spartacus: Vengeance is the second season of the American television series Spartacus, a Starz television series, which follows Spartacus: Blood and Sand. It premiered on January 27, and concluded on March 30, 2012. Its story follows Spartacus (played by Liam McIntyre, who replaces the late Andy Whitfield), after he and his fellow gladiators kill their master Batiatus and escape from his ludus, or gladiatorial training school. Cast members and characters who return from the first season include Lucy Lawless as Lucretia, Peter Mensah as Oenomaus, Manu Bennett as Crixus, Dan Feuerriegel as Agron, Nick E. Tarabay as Ashur, Viva Bianca as Ilithyia, and Craig Parker as Gaius Claudius Glaber. Dustin Clare also reprises his role as Gannicus from Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, the prequel to Spartacus: Blood and Sand.
On June 6, 2012, Starz and Anchor Bay Entertainment announced the season would be released in DVD and Blu-ray Disc formats on September 11, 2012 in a three-disc set. It was then announced that a third and final season will start in 2013 and would be known as Spartacus: War of the Damned.
After the bloody escape from the House of Batiatus that concluded Spartacus: Blood and Sand, the gladiator rebellion begins to strike fear into the heart of the Roman Republic in Spartacus: Vengeance. Praetor Gaius Claudius Glaber and his Roman troops are sent first to Capua, and thence to Mount Vesuvius, to crush the ever-growing band of freed slaves under Spartacus before they can inflict further damage. Spartacus finally comes face to face with the man who sold his wife into slavery and condemned Spartacus to slavery as a gladiator owned by Batiatus. But Glaber fails in his obsession with killing Spartacus. The freed gladiator champion Gannicus decides to join ranks with the rebels under Spartacus. And the widows of both Lentulus Batiatus and Gaius Claudius Glaber are soon to join their dearest husbands in the afterlife.
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