# Spartacus: Gods of the Arena

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spartacus-gods-of-the-arena/568192>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 19, 2011, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spartacus-gods-of-the-arena/568192 "2011-01-19T13:31:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![tsm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/db5fbb/32.png) [@tsm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsm)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spartacus-gods-of-the-arena/568192/101 "2015-01-22T22:35:38Z")

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Yes! I had forgotten that Gannicus was introduced during the prequel. You really do need to watch it to get his background, because he is pretty important, as **DigitalC** said.

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**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2015, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spartacus-gods-of-the-arena/568192/102 "2015-01-23T01:58:30Z")

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Go ahead, watch the whole thing. This show was way better than it had any right to be.

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