EXCLUSIVE: Starz‘s return to the #Spartacus universe with 'House of Ashur' poses the question: What if Ashur (Nick Tarabay) hadn’t died on Mount Vesuvius at the end of 'Spartacus: Vengeance' and instead was gifted Batiatus’s Ludus in return for helping to kill Spartacus and end the slave rebellion? The answer will arrive in the premiere episode via OG Queen Bee Lucretia, as Lucy Lawless sets her return in a guest-starring role “elevating” all that’s around her. Her appearance will be instrumental in setting up the “what if” alternate timeline.