"Jupiter’s cock, what a show."
Enter Lentulus Batiatus (John Hannah), the lanista (owner) of a back-alley gladiatorial school in Capua. Batiatus is a volcanic ball of ambition trapped in a worthless body. He sees value in Spartacus not as a hero, but as a dead man who draws a crowd. By promising to reunite him with his wife, Batiatus forces Spartacus—renamed "The Bringer of Rain"—to kill for his entertainment. spartacus blood and sand