RETURN TO THE ARENA. ​
​THE NEW GLADIATOR SERIES
​SPARTACUS: HOUSE OF ASHUR, PREMIERES DECEMBER 5.

Spartacus creator Steven S. DeKnight returns with the next chapter, starring Australia’s Jamaica Vaughan and New Zealand’s Jordi Webber.

September 29, 2025 - Prepare for a cinematic, history-bending gladiator drama. Stan has announced the the epic new series Spartacus: House of Ashur, will kick off with an action packed double-episode premiere on December 5, only on Stan. Accompanying the announcement are thrilling newly released images capturing the intensity, passion and fierce rivalries at the heart of this story.

The images highlight Nick E. Tarabay (Spartacus), who reprises his role as Ashur, Graham McTavish (House of the Dragon) as Korris, Tenika Davis (Jupiter’s Legacy) as Achillia, New Zealand's Jordi Webber (Prosper) as Tarchon and Australia's Jamaica Vaughan (Home and Away) as Hilara, along with an extended cast of gladiators, nobility, villains, champions and backstabbers all eager to get ahead in the cutthroat world of Ancient Rome. 

Spartacus: House of Ashur is a thrilling, erotic, history-bending, roller-coaster experience that builds on everything that made the original series a colossal hit. What if he 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.

In addition to Tarabay, McTavish, Davis, Webber and Vaughan cast featured in the new gallery images includes Ivana Baquero (Pan’s Labyrinth) as Messia, Claudia Black (The Nevers) as Cossutia, India Shaw-Smith (The Pines Still Whisper) as Viridia, Jackson Gallagher as Caesar, Jaime Slater as Cornelia, and Leigh Gill (Game of Thrones) as Satyrus.

Spartacus: Blood and Sand debuted in 2010 and was followed by the prequel series chapter Spartacus: Gods of the Arena in 2011, and two additional chapters, Spartacus: Vengeance in 2012 and Spartacus: War of the Damned in 2013. The original series, Spartacus, is available ​ on Stan.

Spartacus creator, writer, and executive producer Steven S. DeKnight (Daredevil) serves as showrunner and executive producer on Spartacus: House of Ashur. Rick Jacobson (Dark City: The Cleaner) and Aaron Helbing (The Flash) also serve as executive producers. Spartacus: House of Ashur is produced by Lionsgate Television for STARZ.

New series Spartacus: House of Ashur premieres December 5, only on Stan.

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