Spartacus: House of Ashur Season 1 came to an end on Friday, February 6, on Starz. After months of waiting on any update about the show’s future, Starz announced on May 22 that House of Ashur has been canceled. Season 2 had already been written, according to the show’s creator, Steven S. DeKnight. But there is some hope that the series could be saved, thanks to Starz’s split with Lionsgate.
Spartacus: House of Ashur is led by Nick E. Tarabay, reprising his role as the traitorous Ashur from Spartacus, and costars Outlander‘s Graham McTavish, Tenkia Davis, and more. Julius Caesar (Jackson Gallagher) and his powerful wife, Cornelia (Jaime Slater), have been important figures in this season, and there’s tension rising after Ashur was roped into the murder of Gibinius (Andrew McFarlane) in the penultimate episode.
Here’s what DeKnight told us about Season 2’s potential before it was canceled, and what the Starz-Lionsgate split could mean for the show’s potential future. (DeKnight breaks down the Spartacus: House of Ashur Season 1 finale in detail here.)
Is Spartacus: House of Ashur renewed for Season 2?
Starz has canceled Spartacus: House of Ashur after one season. Lionsgate Television, the studio behind the series, is currently shopping it to other platforms, according to Deadline. This is made more possible because Starz no longer owns House of Ashur. Now that it’s been canceled, Lionsgate owns it, and Lionsgate and Starz ended its partnership in 2025. House of Ashur was picked up by Starz in 2023, when the studios were still in partnership.
DeKnight was confident that they’d get to make more of his beloved franchise; he’s already written Season 2. He’s been open about this since before Season 1 premiered in December 2025. DeKnight wants multiple seasons for Ashur’s story, which is set in an alternate universe where Ashur was given a second chance at life and a clean slate, where he wasn’t killed for betraying Spartacus, but rather rewarded with his own ludus and gladiators in Capua.
“I can tell you we’ve already written Season 2. We are ready to go if it’s a success,” DeKnight told Deadline in November.
In our finale interview, DeKnight told TV Insider that he believed they would get renewed.
“I’m feeling pretty confident,” he said. “Worldwide, the show seems to be doing very well, so we’re just waiting for the green light. I know all the actors and the crew, we’re all chomping at the bit to get back to New Zealand and start shooting the next chapter.”
How many Spartacus: House of Ashur episodes are there?
There are 10 episodes in Season 1.
Where to Watch Spartacus: House of Ashur
Spartacus: House of Ashur Season 1 is available to stream on the Starz app.
Who is in the Spartacus: House of Ashur cast?
The series stars Tarabay, who reprises his role as Ashur, McTavish as Korris, Davis as Achillia, Jordi Webber as Tarchon, Jamaica Vaughan as Hilara, Ivana Baquero as Messia, Claudia Black as Cossutia, Shaw-Smith as Viridia, Gallagher as Caesar, Slater as Cornelia, and Leigh Gill as Satyrus. Lucy Lawless reprised her role as Lucretia in the series premiere, in a scene set in the afterlife in which she sent Ashur back to the land of the living.
Spartacus: House of Ashur is a thrilling, erotic, history-bending, roller-coaster experience that builds on everything that made the original series a colossal hit. What if Ashur had lived, and the Romans rewarded his treachery with the gladiator school where he once bled? Welcome to the House of Ashur. No longer a slave, Ashur has clawed his way to power, owning the same ludus that once owned him. But ruling a band of merciless gladiators is child’s play compared to surviving the savage world of Roman politics — a cutthroat game in which betrayal isn’t a sin, it’s currency. He flips tradition on its head by unleashing Achillia, a fierce and powerful gladiatrix eager to prove herself worthy in a man’s world. Together, they ignite a new kind of spectacle that shocks, disrupts, and offends the elite with every drop of blood.
Spartacus: House of Ashur, Season 1 Available Now, Starz App
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