Guest Stars

Andrew Laing As Magistrate Sextus Recurring	Andy Whitfield As Spartacus Recurring
Antonio Te Maioho As Barca Recurring	Craig Walsh Wrightson As Solonius (as Craig Walsh-Wrightson) Recurring
Gareth Williams (2) As Vettius Recurring	Ioane King As Rhaskos Recurring
Jessica Grace Smith As Diona Recurring	Josef Brown As Auctus Recurring
Lesley-Ann Brandt As Naevia Recurring	Raycho Vasilev As Gnaeus Recurring
Shane Rangi As Dagan Recurring	Stephen Lovatt As Tullius Recurring
Steven A Davis As Indus Recurring	Brooke Williams As Aurelia
Daniel Feuerriegel As Agron	Des Wallace As Appius
James Fletcher As Attending Slave	Janine Burchett As Domitia
Lliam Powell As Numerius	Matthew Saville As Guard (as Matt Saville)
Robert Mingault As Dirty Fan	Winham Hammond As Otho

Main Cast

John Hannah As Batiatus	Manu Bennett As Crixus
Peter Mensah As Oenomaus	Dustin Clare As Gannicus
Jaime Murray As Gaia	Nick Tarabay As Ashur
Marisa Ramirez As Melitta	Lucy Lawless As Lucretia

Recap

The scene opens with a fight in a small arena. One of the men gets half of his head cut off and Lucretia tells Batiatus that she loves the games. He tells that he would love it more sitting where Vettius is sitting rather than watching it on the sidelines. Lucretia says that he will get there one day. Solonius comes up to them and greets them. Vettius brings in his champion fighter, but it is Gannicus, a newcomer, and Batiatus' new slave, that gets all the praise. Batiatus says that he is a true gladiator. The fight begins and Gannicus holds his own in the small arena, laughing all the way at the lack of skill that the other gladiator possesses. A girl distracts Gannicus by flashing her breasts and he gets cut. This makes him put his swords down and he then fist fights the gladiator. He grabs his swords and Batiatus tries to tell Gannicus not to kill him, but he can’t hear him and he still kills the gladiator. Batiatus tells a servant to tell the holder of the gladiators to treat Gannicus to a reward...

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• Creator	Steven S. DeKnight
• Executive Producer	Steven S. DeKnight  |  Joshua Donen  |  Rob Tapert  |  Sam Raimi
• Producer	Chloe Smith  |  Rick Jacobson
• Co-Producer	Charles Knight (2)  |  Aaron Lam  |  Maurissa Tancharoen  |  Jed Whedon  |  Brent Fletcher
• Associate Producer	Paul Grinder  |  Moira Grant
• Production Designer	Iain Aitken
• Editor	Allanah Milne
• Casting	Faith Martin  |  Annabel Lomas  |  Paul Weber
• Line Producer	Keith Mackenzie
• First Assistant Director	Axel J. Paton
• Music Editor	Jason Smith (3)
• Costume Designer	Barbara Darragh
• Set Designer	Nick Connor
• Script Supervisor	Monique Knight  |  Di Moffatt
• Production Coordinator	Helen Urban  |  Kylie Gaudin
• Script Coordinator	Mark Leitner
• Assistant Editor	Daisy Lawless  |  Francis Wheeler
• Director of Photography	Aaron Morton
• Story Editor	Aaron Helbing  |  Misha Green  |  Todd Helbing
• Stunt Coordinator	Tim Wong  |  Paul Shapcott  |  Shane Dawson
• Sound Mixer	David Madigan
• Executive Story Editor	Seamus Kevin Fahey
• Costume Supervisor	Alice Baker
• Boom Operator	Corrin Ellingford
• "A" Camera Operator	Cameron McLean
• Music Composer	Joseph Loduca
• "B" Camera Operator	Brenden Holster  |  Todd Bilton
• Make-up Designer	Jane O'Kane
• Makeup & Hair Supervisor	Vinnie Smith
• Prosthetics Designer	Jane O'Kane
• Executive Visual Effects Supervisor	Charlie McClellan