"Spartacus" - S01E03: "Legends" Quiz

Answer: Festival

An annual festival held on August 23rd in the honor of the god of fire, Vulcan. Also, during this festival, there were held gladiator games known as the Games of the Vulcanalia. The House of Batiatus was the only known Ludus to participate in the games, matching their own gladiators against each other.

Answer: Her whole life

Naevia, as some other slaves too, was born in the Ludus and served there her whole life. Her parents are unknown, but most likely they were also slaves in the House of Batiatus.

Answer: Missio

The sign signifies both an acknowledgement of defeat and a plea for mercy to the editor of the games. The sign, for some gladiators, may also represent shame because they have given into the fear of death.

Poor fighters are usually not given with an opportunity to live and fight again, their plea is denied and they are executed by their opponent.

Answer: They were sent to the hole

Doctore was not amused at all by Spartacus' thoughts towards his teachings, and for Varro's attempt to smooth out Spartacus' words. Oenomaus sent them immediately to the "hole", a well of muck and waste.

Answer: Varro

Spartacus and Varro were matched against each other in the very first match in the games of the Vulcanalia. Spartacus was not happy about the whole situation, because the starting matches of every games were barely profitable for any gladiator. Plus, fighting against his best friend in the Ludus was not an option.

So, he conspired to take Gnaeus' place in the prime match against Crixus, by making Gnaeus foolishly angry enough to attack Spartacus and injure him without receiving any consequences. Although Gnaeus is removed from the primus, Rabanus takes his place. At this point, Spartacus decides to attack Crixus in front of Batiatus and all his guests, at the reception for the Vulcanalia, for which Batiatus is the host at his villa.

This act excites the guests and spurs Batiatus to match Spartacus against Crixus.

Answer: Decimus and Tiberius, the Gargan Twins

It was said that the Gargan Twins' mother was a whore who was raped by a jackal. The brothers had a more beastly appearance and manners than human. They were vicious criminals in the Roman republic, that terrorized the Eastern seas until their capture.

As a punishment, they were sent in the Arena, to die in the gladiator games. Instead they prevailed in them. Eventually, they ended up under Solonius' ownership until their death.

Answer: Necklace

Crixus had secret feelings towards Naevia for quite a while, but both of them being slaves and having an unwanted affair with his Dominus' wife, put him in a tight situation from which he had little say.

Not being able to express his feelings through words, he gave her a necklace that he had purchased through Ashur with his own earned money.

Answer: Gladiator performing intercourse

Lucretia had Varro have sex with one of the slave girls, for the entertainment of the guests, an activity that was regularly presented at the House of Batiatus. The rough and crude sex, that Ilithyia had never witnessed before, excited her to no end.

Answer: Theokoles

Theokoles, known as the Shadow of Death, was very large and famous Greek (possibly Spartan) gladiator that still is talked about with fear. Before his retirement, he was undefeated in the arena, bearing thousand scars all over his body from countless fights. Only one gladiator has ever survived a match with him... Oenomaus.

Answer: Quintus Lentulus Batiatus

Batiatus knowing that Spartacus cost him quite a sum of money, and still had no profit from him, as the editor of the games allowed him to live. This decision displeased the magistrate, the noble guests and the crowd at the Arena.