Blood and sand details the story of gannicus, the first gladiator champion of the house of batiatus, in the years before the arrival of spartacus. Spartacus is one of my alltimefavourites and i knew the series well. He was able to inspire the gladiators fight for their freedom by rebelling against the system. This prequel to the first season presents an abundant. Qualifizierte bestellungen werden kostenlos geliefert. Spartacuss fury culminates in the stunning season finale. Gods of the arena is a television miniseries broadcast by american cable tv starz, as a prequel to spartacus, which premiered january 21, 2011. The legendary spartak, the hero of the tv series spartacus. Sep 27, 2016 video originally published on dagbladet.
Before spartacus struck down his first opponent in the arena, there were many gladiators who passed through the gates onto the sand. Gods of the arena is the second installment in the spartacus series, and the six episode prequel to blood and sand. Kaufen sie spartacus gods of the arena gunstig ein. A pre spartacus prequel about life in the house of batiatus. Gods of the arena tells the story of the original champion of the house of batiatus.
It is the miniseries gods of the arena that is tricky. I came to love all the characters and felt really genuinely sad when some were. Diona is a very beautiful young girl, greeneyed and lightskinned. A total of 33 episodes of spartacus were broadcast over three seasons. Roman legate gaius claudius glabr is furious because broke up with the thracians, and calling them deserters, takes prisoner one of their leaders spartacus, turning him and his wife into. Staffel aufgrund eines krebsleidens des hauptdarstellers verzogerte. She usually wears unassuming garments such as a small grey dress which is cut above the knees and the topfront is exposed from the neckline down to the chest, as do most other.
The miniseries tells the story in a more ruthless time before spartacus. Gods of the arena episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. Gods of the arena and get the latest breaking news, exclusive videos and pictures, episode recaps and much more at. Watch spartacus gods of the arena e06 1 spartacus on dailymotion.
Gods of the arena is produced by starz media with executive producers rob tapert the grudge, tvs xena. The miniseries features the bloody history of the house of batiatus and the city of capua before the arrival of spartacus. Once young batiatus finally gets the control of his fathers gladiator school, he immediately begins to plot to make a profitable business out of his ludus. Download to watch offline and even view it on a big screen using chromecast.
Diona is one of many slaves who serve batiatus and lucretia and a close friend of naevia. Quintus lentulus batiatus becomes a lanista manager when he takes over his fathers ludus of gladiators. With john hannah, manu bennett, peter mensah, dustin clare. Gods of the arena, the only slavegladiator, who dared to challenge not only to his master, but also throughout the roman empire. Gods of the arena is a television miniseries broadcast by american. Australian actor liam mcintyre took over the role of spartacus from season 2.
Spartacus season 2 2 spartacus season2 gods of the arena. A thracian warrior, enlisted by the romans to fight, has his. Gannicus was a great character to have and was not as annoying as spartacus was in blood and sand. I absolutely loved the first season of spartacus and was so sad to hear of andy getting cancer. As season two had to be delayed due to andy whitfields treatment for nonhodgkin lymphoma, a prequel to the series was planned to fill in the time until september, when season two was scheduled to begin filming. Feb 25, 2011 i have to give it to the writers of spartacus. Gods of the arena follows the character gannicus dustin clare, the first gladiator representing lentulus batiatus to become champion of capua. Gods of the arena 2011 starring john hannah and lucy lawless on dvd and bluray. Gods of the arena the complete season dvd, 2011, 2disc digibook spartacus. Warrior princess, sam raimi spiderman, the evil dead, joshua donen the quick and the dead, and steven s. Gannicus in a more ruthless time before spartacus arrival where honor was just finding its way into the arena.
Spartacus gods of the arena e06 1 video dailymotion. Gods of the arena tells the story of the rise of the house of batiatus and its champions before spartacus entered the picture. Spartacus gods of the arena season 01 download o2tvseries. In the time before the arrival of spartacus, the house of batiatus faces many challenges from competitors, and within its own household. When the actors cancer recurred and he later died on september 11, 2011, starz had actor liam mcintyre. The series follows the character gannicus dustin clare, the first gladiator representing lentulus batiatus to become champion of capua.
Not only did they deliver a solid, sixepisode prequel story to quench our thirst for more gladiator madness, but they also. Blood and sand, production for another season was delayed because lead actor andy whitfield was diagnosed with earlystage nonhodgkin lymphoma so starz produced a sixepisode prequel miniseries entitled spartacus. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. Gods of the arena was also broadcast between seasons 1 and 2 in 2011.
Watch spartacus gods of the arena e04 spartacus on dailymotion. Bolum 1080p full hd izle, spartacus gods of the arena 1. A prespartacus prequel about life in the house of batiatus. Gods of the arena past transgressions subtitles english. Jan 21, 2011 season 1 episode 7 starz studios spartacus. Spartacus s fury culminates in the stunning season finale. Blood and sand details the story of gannicus, the first gladiator champion of the house of batiatus, in the years before the.
He has ambitions of stepping out of his fathers shadow by seeking recognition for his own name and achieving further greatness for his house. Blood and sand rewinds the gripping gladiator tale to the rise of. Roman leader gaius claudius glaber has died, and former rivals become rebel generals, joining the war against. Gods of the arena 92011 season 1 episode 4 beneath the mask 2112011 season 1 episode 3 paterfamilias 2042011.
In general spartacus is very linear and so you can watch season 1 up to season 3 without any problem. Six hours was far too short of time to spend among such fine gladiators in starz spartacus prequel, gods of the arena. It is definitely one of the most violent that has come from tv and certainly also one of the most sexually explicit outside of porn to be aired on tv. Blood and sand rewinds the gripping gladiator tale to the rise of a charismatic new champion named gannicus. Basking in the glow of the newest champion of the house, gannicus, a young batiatus is ready to overthrow his father and assume control of the a prequel to the popular series spartacus. Spartacus, determined to bring down roma, now leads a rebellion swelled by thousands of freed slaves.
After the completion of the first season titled spartacus. Batiatuss father arranges a tournament between his gladiators to put his ludus into a test and determine the worth of h. Gods of the arena tells the story of the rise of the house of batiatus and its champions b. Gods of the arena spartacus is one of my best series.