Spartacus: Gods of the Arena  more than made up for its relatively tame episode the previous week with Friday's bacchanalian excesses. When Titus is away (buying slaves), the House of Batiatus will play (with slaves). Ludus business went well enough: more

Now that , my friends, was a toga party. They knew how to throw crazy bashes back in the day. But for Lucretia and Batiatus (and their friend Gaia), as day turned to night, the buzz wore off and things went from bad to worse. The effort to keep Titus in t more

Batiatus ' success is short lived after his father, Titus (Jeffrey Thomas), returns home to clean up the mess his son has made. Considering Batiatus' achievements in "Missio", it's surprising to think that Titus would be disappointed in his son's success. more

SPARTACUS: GODS OF THE ARENA “Paterfamilias” Episode 3 – Now that I’ve contented myself to sit back and fully enjoy the joyful mayhem that is the Spartacus series, I can see its excellence all the clearer. Probably no series has had the “senseless sex and more

The superficial reputation of 'Spartacus' among those who haven't paid close attention to the show is that it's merely a toga-era soap opera drenched in sex, blood and more sex. Sure, it has all those elements, many of which can be counted on for good, un more

While I enjoyed "Past Transgressions", " Missio " presents us with a   Batiatus   who has been bruised, beaten and ready to bounce back. The Batiatus we loved to hate in   Blood and Sand   is born and his scheme to get revenge and stea more

The sword-and-sandals Blood in the Sand prequel surged forward with the promise its first episode tantalized us with, picking up with a beaten and bloodied Batiatus licking his wounds. A more furious John Hannah we’ve never seen, and I forgive the out-of- more

After receiving the beatdown of a lifetime last week, courtesy of his new rival Tullius, what would Batiatus' next move be? How could he possibly rebound from that setback? With some typical Batiatus deviousness, of course. That's the good news. But not a more