The brand new gladiator collection Spartacus: Home of Ashur debuts with an ideal vital rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Home of Ashur‘s story is a sequel to Starz’s Spartacus, though it’s set in an alternate timeline the place the titular Ashur (Nick E. Tarabay) survives and seeks revenge.
On Rotten Tomatoes, Home of Ashur has debuted with a 100% Tomatometer rating forward of the present’s two-episode premiere on December 5. The preliminary rating is predicated on six opinions, which means that it’ll probably fluctuate as extra are added earlier than and after the premiere. There is no such thing as a Popcornmeter rating but.
In Collider‘s assessment, Jeff Ewing declares that “Spartacus: Home of Ashur primarily pulls off the miraculous, leaning on the mythological extravagances of historical Roman perception to rewrite historical past and provides a personality a brand new lease on life.”
RogerEbert.com’s Kaiya Shunyata praises Home of Ashur for being “a spin-off collection that not solely honors the legacy of its predecessor, however one which, at instances, rivals it.”
If the 100% vital rating holds, it could be a major enchancment in comparison with Spartacus‘ 4 seasons, whose Tomatometer scores various from 52% to 73%. True to Shunyata’s assessment, this might make Home of Ashur the uncommon type of spinoff that is ready to genuinely rival the collection that got here earlier than it.
Spartacus creator Steven S. DeKnight returned to be the showrunner and an govt producer for Home of Ashur, and Selection‘s assessment by Aramide Tinubu notes that “DeKnight’s world is as attractive as ever” within the spinoff.
Whereas talking with ScreenRant at San Diego Comedian-Con 2025, DeKnight shared that there’s a five-season roadmap for the Spartacus sequel. He additionally teased that he has concepts for different spinoffs set on this universe. Try his feedback beneath:
I all the time prefer to have an concept {that a} present has legs earlier than I signal on. So, we roughly mapped out about 5 seasons, and that might be 4 seasons, might be seven seasons, all relying on how well-liked the present is. And on high of that, I’ve about 4 or 5 different Sparta-verse spinoffs within the wings if this can be a huge hit, which will probably be, which it completely will probably be. There will be extra. Home of Hilara, was it?
Whether or not Home of Ashur will in the end get extra seasons and spinoffs will rely upon viewership, however a 100% rating from critics bodes properly that the present will probably be a success for Starz and be well-received by audiences that need to see the story broaden additional.
By way of different characters and actors who return from the unique collection, Lucy Lawless reprises her Spartacus position as Lucretia and seems within the premiere to alter Ashur’s destiny. This virtually did not occur attributable to Lawless’ busy schedule, however it in the end labored out, and offered a payoff to the prior historical past between Ashur and Lucretia.
Different forged members embrace Tenika Davis as Achillia, who’s a feminine gladiator often called gladiatrix, Graham McTavish because the gladiator coach Korris, Jordi Webber because the bold Tarchon, Jackson Gallagher as Julius Caesar, and Jaime Slater as Caesar’s spouse Cornelia.
The Spartacus: Home of Ashur forged additionally options Jamaica Vaughan as Hilara, Ivana Baquero as Messia, Claudia Black as Cossutia, India Shaw-Smith as Viridia, and Leigh Gill as Satyrus.
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December 5, 2025
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Rick Jacobson