The season focuses on Spartacus's struggle for survival and his desperate search for his enslaved wife, Sura.
: Captured and bought by Batiatus, Spartacus undergoes brutal training in the ludus (gladiator school). He develops a fierce rivalry with Crixus, the Undefeated Gaul and Champion of Capua. Spartacus (S01)
: After a devastating betrayal involving his wife and the death of his close friend Varro, Spartacus realizes that "a gladiator does not fear death; he embraces it". The season focuses on Spartacus's struggle for survival