On the heels of the bloody escape from the House of Batiatus that concluded Spartacus: Blood and Sand, the gladiator rebellion continues and begins to strike fear into the heart of the Roman Republic in Spartacus: Vengeance. Gaius Claudius Glaber and his Roman troops are sent to Capua to crush the growing band of freed slaves that Spartacus leads before it can inflict further damage. Spartacus is presented the choice of satisfying his personal need for vengeance against the man that condemned his wife to slavery and eventual death, or making the larger sacrifices necessary to keep his budding army from breaking apart. Containing all of the blood-soaked action, exotic sexuality, and villainy and heroism that has come to distinguish the series, the tale of Spartacus resumes in epic fashion. Written by Starz

Continuing the search for Naevia, the gladiators take over another villa. Spartacus convinces Crixus it's best not to imitate Roman selfish arrogance but offer the slaves a choice for freedom, if they accept to be trained as comrades in arms. Spartacus himself tutors Tiberius, the murdered master's house-slave, born as Syrian Nasir, obviously reluctant to shift loyalty, who ends up saving their skin by luring in a Roman patrol so the gladiators can slaughter them. General Glaber grudgingly encourages Lucretia's prophetess pose and finds local militia commander Seppius unwilling to accept his authority. Flashbacks to Oenomaus's training before and by Batiatus senior. Written by KGF Vissers

To impress his influential father in law more then far more prestigious colleague-praetor Varinius, who is allowed to preside over the latest games, and local magnate Seppius, whose privately recruited men are presently hunting Spartacus, general Glaber is desperate to catch the runaway gladiators, who pillage the region bloodily. Ashur promises to find them by torture-questioning Oenomaus, a daunting task give his pain tolerance, but finally outsmarts the disgraced instructor. Agron reports a captured Roman knew where Naevia died miserably, but his new Syrian protégé Nasir can't stand how that mentally wrecks Crixus and ends up revealing she's actually in the Lucanian mines, a slow death by sordid toil. Spartacus overrules Agron's refusal to risk the whole revolt for a single loved one, so they impersonate liberated fresh slaves and slain slavers to intrude the mine. Time runs out when Ashur arrives with Glaber's soldiers and quickly spots a few runaways, the others seem hopelessly ... Written by KGF Vissers

As Roman soldiers guided by Ashur found out about their raid on the mines, Spartacus and his party must flee with Naevia and a few liberated slaves. Crixus covers their escape until he's slain, but not killed and brought to the Capuan command villa with a few other gladiators captured alive. Still chased in woods and marshes, suffering further losses and inflicting some, Spartacus's party expects to die in a last stand, but just then the group which previously fled to Vesuvius comes to their rescue. In the villa, Ilithyia regains husband Glaber's favor by hosting a party starring and soothing his nobler-born rival, Varinius, but actually hopes for paternal help to enable marrying him after a divorce, which the old senator denies. The captured gladiators are offered by Glaber to be 'sacrificed', but Varinius decides to send them to the arena, except one chooses by 'vindicated prophet' Lucretia, who spares Crixus that immediate torturous horror-end without honor. Written by KGF Vissers

Agron's group allowed Spartacus to escape. They find refuge in an abandoned temple with its resident, embittered Roman citizen Lucius Caelius, who hates the republic since Sulla killed his loved ones. Hearing Varinius is to preside over major games in Capua, to culminate in the pseudo-execution of Crixus and two other captives, Spartacus is determined to free them and take revenge on Glaber. Meanwhile, senator Albinius agrees to let Ilithyia divorce and remarry Varinius. Lucretia helps her to an abortion potion, but Glaber finds out. Written by KGF Vissers

Having set fire to the Capua arena, Spartacus regroups in Lucius Caelius's temple ruin, where opinions differ how to proceed next and strife with the Gauls reemerges. Gannicus has joined their flight but refuses to stay. he's falsely accused of stealing the map they need to raid Napels port, which is luckily found out before his duel with Spartacus cripples either. Meanwhile Glaber plans revenge for Ilithyia's plot and has Seppius murdered, to seize his men, by Ashur, who gains his trust by defeating three legionnaires in a 'duel'. Crixus remains focused on Naevia, who has a hard time readapting to a future with him. Written by KGF Vissers

Agron's party's raid on Neapolis port doubles the rebels' numbers by freeing Sedullus's horde of German POW slaves destined for the gladiator schools. Crixus rightly predicts ethnic trouble, but Spartcaus and Agron overcome it before too much blood gets spilled. Praetor Glaber terrorizes slaves with crucifixion for any rebel sympathy and swears in Seppius's soldiers and takes is his grieving sister as another mode of revenge on Ilithyia, whom Lucretia, now Ashur's sex toy, helps fake a near-stillbirth to be send back to Rome. Magistrate Gallienus pays Gannicus only pittance, his freedom is only formally confirmed if he promises to join Glaber's military staff. The scorned champion pretends agreeing to murder Glaber for Lucretia, but actually eliminates Glaber's guards escort for Ilithya. Written by KGF Vissers

Crixus enjoys training Naevia and the other recruits. Spartacus decides against revenge for his late wife on her murderer Glaber's Ilythia, whom Gannicus captured, even before she makes a credible claim that he's her unborn child's biological father. She pleads with temple host Lucius Caelius to ask restitution of Sulla's confiscation and help from praetor Glaber, but his hatred wins out. Seppie now acts virtually as Glaber's wife. Ashur enjoys plundering, torture-questioning and, even more, treating discredited Lucretia as his sex slave. Written by KGF Vissers

Spartacus realizes his racially divided troop is neglecting its defense, proves it with a mock Roman surprise attack on the temple ruin and finds a way to get his men training and bonding, through competition and wine. Unexpectedly, Varinius arrives to 'relieve Glaber' just when Ashur has located Spartacus's lair. Ilythia informs Seppia that Glaber had her brother murdered to turn her rival into a weapon against him, but at the last moment saves and apparently reconciles with her startled husband. Written by KGF Vissers

Glaber is confident that Spartacus' band can be starved on Mount Vesuvius after a daring attempt to break out fails. After Lucretia attempts to discredit Ashur, Glaber decides instead of an execution to sent him as envoy to ask Spartacus's extradition in exchange for his men's lives, but they refuse and Naevia insists to kill her rapist-pimp in an unfair duel. Ilythia delivers her son early, but Lucretia is madly jealous enough to turn that into fatal tragedy. Spartacus finds a way around so he and three mates can climb down with vines to surprise Glaber and turn the ballista on the Romans, who scatter after the praetor is killed. Written by KGF Vissers