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====The Arena and Batiatus====
In Capua, Spartacus is condemned to fight four gladiators in a public execution. Astonishing the crowd and the Roman elite, he triumphs, prompting Quintus Lentulus Batiatus, a ludus owner, to purchase him. Spartacus is renamed after an ancient Thracian king since the Romans do not know his real name.

Initially resistant, Spartacus refuses to submit to Batiatus or accept his fate as a gladiator, focusing solely on escaping and reuniting with Sura. This defiance earns him harsh treatment from his peers. Eventually, Batiatus strikes a deal: he will find Sura if Spartacus trains and accepts Batiatus as his master. During his training, Spartacus befriends Varro, another trainee, but becomes the enemy of Crixus, the top gladiator of the ludus.

In his first formal fight, Spartacus faces Crixus but is humiliated and forced to surrender, losing his honor and gladiator status. Batiatus sends him to fight in the brutal underworld pits to regain his position. After surviving this ordeal and saving Batiatus from an assassination attempt, Spartacus is reinstated.