Starz’s official trailer warns that no one should underestimate Ashur. After all, he rose from the dead for Spartacus: House of Ashur. The latest entry in the Spartacus franchise will premiere on December 5, 2025, with new episodes airing on Fridays.
Nick E. Tarabay reprises his role as Ashur. The series also stars Graham McTavish as the battle-hardened gladiator trainer, Korris; Tenika Davis as the relentless gladiatrix, Achillia; and Jordi Webber as the ambitious Tarchon. Jackson Gallagher stars as Julius Caesar, Jaime Slater is Cornelia, Jamaica Vaughan is Hilara, Ivana Baquero is Messia, Claudia Black plays Cossutia, India Shaw-Smith is Viridia, and Leigh Gill is Satyrus.
Starz offers this description of the new Spartacus series:
“Spartacus: House of Ashur is a thrilling, erotic, and history-bending roller-coaster experience that builds on everything, which made the original series a colossal hit. What if Ashur had lived, and the Romans rewarded his treachery with the gladiator school where he once bled? Welcome to the House of Ashur. No longer a slave, Ashur has clawed his way to power, owning the same ludus that once owned him. But ruling a band of merciless gladiators is child’s play compared to surviving the savage world of Roman politics—a cutthroat game in which betrayal isn’t a sin, it’s currency.
He flips tradition on its head by unleashing Achillia, a fierce and powerful gladiatrix eager to prove herself worthy in a man’s world. Together, they ignite a new kind of spectacle that shocks, disrupts and offends the elite with every drop of blood.”
Steven S. DeKnight, creator of Spartacus, is the showrunner and executive producer. Rick Jacobson and Aaron Helbing also executive produce.