The action-packed premiere of Starz ‘s Spartacus: House of Ashur is coming on December 5th with two episodes, and Deadline has new insight as to what fans can expect when Nick E. Tarabay returns to Steven S. DeKnight ‘s gladiator Universe as Ashur, more powerful than ever before.

There will be plenty for both returning fans and those who are entering the ludus (gladiator school) for the first time, including the intrigue, battle scenes, deception, and lots of Jupiter’s expletives, all of which made the original series a hit for Starz.

The next chapter of the Spartacus universe poses the question: 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

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