How did a dead character become the central figure of a spinoff series? The Spartacus spinoff, House of Ashur, premieres on December 5, 2025, focusing on the treacherous slave Ashur, now the boss of the gladiatorial school formerly owned by Batiatus. Ashur receives control of the ludus as a reward for assisting the Romans in ending the Third Seville War. The problem? The character was killed on Mount Vesuvius in the original series. He never survived the war. So what’s going on?

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