History Characters / SpartacusBloodAndSandProtagonistsGodsOfTheArena

* AllLovingHeroine: She is compassionate and helpful towards everyone, in particular being very warm and supportive towards her husband and Gannicus, acting as [[TeamMom a mother figure]] to the younger slaves and even showing kindness and sympathy towards ''Lucretia''.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: She's Hispanic.

* TheLostLenore: To Oenomaus [[spoiler: and Gannicus]]. Oenomaus still mourns her years later and never has another love interest. [[spoiler:Gannicus]] is particularly haunted and angst-ridden over her death, partly because he thinks it's [[ILetGwenStacyDie his fault]] and partly because he can't even openly acknowledge how he really felt about her out of respect for Oenamaus.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Like most of the house slaves, she's usually barefoot.

* BladeOnAStick: Fights with a spear as his weapon.

* BadassBaritone: Has this voice.

* BadassBaritone: He has quite a deep voice.

* WhipItGood: As doctore, he frequently uses a whip to keep the gladiators in line.

* ShowerOfAngst: Not quite a shower, but after [[spoiler: being forced to sleep with Gannicus and eventually ''enjoying'' it]], she's seen kneeling before a basin of water, [[OutDamnedSpot scrubbing herself]] and weeping.

!!Melitta [-Creator/MarisaRamirez)-]

* FaceDeathWithDignity: " arca, has taught you well..."

* BadassInCharge: Downplayed; [[spoiler:he only agrees to become a general towards the end of the war]].

* BadassInCharge: Of the gladiators in the prequel.

* DeathBySex: Sort of. She [[spoiler: steals poisoned wine to bring it to her hook up with Gannicus and then starts coughing up blood as they're getting down to it]].

* SecretRelationship: She was in the beginnings of one with [[spoiler: Gannicus, on account of the fact she's already married to Gannicus' best friend. [[DeathBySex It ends in her death]]]].

* [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Two Girls]]: With Naevia.

* BladeOnAStick: Fights with a spear as his WeaponOfChoice.

* BaldOfAwesome: He's bald and badass.

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* YaoiGuys: With Barca.

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: With Naevia.

* BadassBeard: A short beard tied into to two tails.

* StuffedInTheFridge: [[spoiler: She is horribly executed in front of her best friend Naevia, who can only watch helplessly. It doesn't help that [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Naevia was the one who helped her escape in the first place]], though Diona doesn't seem to blame her]].

* FaceDeathWithDignity: "[[FamousLastWords Barca, has taught you well...]]"

* CrazyAwesome: In-Universe. In Auctus' words " Only Mad Gannicus could win contest fucking blindfolded!"

* OneManArmy: Played with in the finale. It literally takes an army to bring him down. [[RealityEnsues Yet down he goes]].

!!Melitta [-Marisa Ramirez)-]

* GoOutWithASmile[=/=]DieLaughing: [[spoiler: As he's dying, he imagines seeing Oenomaus and crowds of the arena cheering for him. He grins and lets out a final roar.]]

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!!Melitta [-(Creator/MarisaRamirez)-]

* DoomedByCanon[=/=]PosthumousCharacter: Oenomaus is a widow in ''Blood and Sand''. [[spoiler: The prequel series [[AccidentalMurder shows why]].]]

* ForgottenFallenFriend: Downplayed. She's one of the few fallen characters who wasn't honored in ''The Dead and the Dying''. Although, in an extended scene in ''Victory'', Gannicus does mention her, [[spoiler: telling Sibyl that should he fall in battle, he'll wait for her in the afterlife with Melitta to keep him company]]. She's also mentioned by either Gannicus and Oenomaus in ''Blood and Sand'' and ''Vengeance''; she in fact is a key aspect to Gannicus and Oenomaus' story arcs in the second season.

* TheLostLenore: To Oenomaus [[spoiler: and Gannicus]].

* SecretRelationship: Was in the beginnings of one with [[spoiler: Gannicus. [[DeathBySex It ends in her death]]]].
* SexEqualsLove: With [[spoiler: Gannicus]].

* StuffedInTheFridge: To both Oenomaus and Gannicus.
* TeamMom: To the other slave girls.

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* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler: She cheats on her husband with Gannicus. It's played with in that their first sexual encounter was not by choice, both she and Gannicus being forced to sleep together for the pleasure of the Romans. However, this awakens romantic feelings in her for Gannicus, which she tries (unsuccessfully) to suppress. Eventually, she decides to sleep with him of her own accord, but that ends badly...]]

* BadDreams: After the events of "Missio", she begins having nightmares, specifically about [[spoiler: Oenomaus discovering her feelings towards Gannicus and killing them both]].

* BadassGay: He's one of the top gladiators in the ludus and openly gay.

* BloodKnight: Probably more than any other character, he enjoys a good fight. Made apparent by the enthusiastic grins he makes before battle.

* RebelLeader: ZigZagged. He refused Spartacus' initial offer to become one of his generals, but is still regarded as one of the rebel's best fighters thus giving him some authority. [[spoiler: Finally played straight in the GrandFinale.]]

** ScrewYourUltimatum: Overlaps with the above. [[spoiler: Glaber tried persuading him to join his men and ordered Ashur to make sure he (Gannicus) will. He responded by kidnapping Ilithyia and stabbing one of Ashur's men with his Rudus.]]

* SexEqualsLove: With [[spoiler: Melitta]].

* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Gannicus claims that [[spoiler: [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold he would have also partaken in massacre led by Crixus of the Roman families if Spartacus hadn't stopped him]]. [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre Spartacus tells him he wouldn't have done it either way.]]]]

* CanonForeigner

* DeathBySex: Sort of. She [[spoiler: steals poisoned wine to bring it to her hook up with Gannicus and then starts [[BloodFromTheMouth coughing up blood]] as they're getting down to it]].
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: Dies in [[spoiler: Gannicus's]] arms.

* AllLovingHeroine / NiceGirl: She is compassionate and helpful towards everyone, in particular being very warm and supportive towards her husband and Gannicus, acting as [[TeamMom a mother figure]] to the younger slaves and even showing kindness and sympathy towards ''Lucretia''.

* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Subverted. She is actually pretty sweet and innocent. [[spoiler: DoubleSubverted after she is raped, after which she becomes more aloof, especially around Naevia]].
* BeautifulSlaveGirl: Double subverted. Lucretia initially preserves her virginity, but then [[spoiler: reluctantly allows her to be raped by Cossutius to secure favours for her husband. It all goes downhill for Diona from there]].

* BreakTheCutie: And ''how''. [[spoiler: Becomes KillTheCutie in the end]].

* ChildhoodFriend: To Naevia.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Naevia. [[spoiler: At least until she left.]]
* InnocenceLost: Her story arc in ''Gods of the Arena'' involves this.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: In the final episode of ''Gods of the Arena'']].

* NiceGirl: She's one of the [[TheCutie sweetest, friendliest characters]] on the show (so you just ''know'' [[CrapsackWorld something awful will happen to her]]). Subverted, as she [[TookALevelInJerkass becomes very withdrawn and even snaps at her best friend Naevia]], though it's completely justified as she's [[spoiler: traumatised after being raped]].

* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: An [[TheIngenue innocent]], [[NiceGirl kind]] and [[ThePollyanna bubbly]] young slave girl in the House of Batiatus? It was never going to end well for her. [[spoiler: She is ultimately [[KillTheCutie executed]] in the final episode for [[CantGetAwayWithNuthin trying to flee slavery]], after suffering a TraumaCongaLine]].
* WomanInWhite: Wears white most of time. [[spoiler: [[WhiteShirtOfDeath Including her death]]]]. She starts out as a VirginInAWhiteDress [[spoiler: which is subverted after she is raped]].

* BeautifulSlaveGirl: Subverted [[spoiler:initially]]. Lucretia preserved her virginity to make her more valuable and then gave her as a wife to Oenomaus, who she is HappilyMarried to. [[spoiler: Then Varus, Gaia and Batiatus request that Gannicus and Melitta 'put on a show' for them. Lucretia, however, attempted to object to this and was visibly disgusted once outvoted by the majority, later promising Melitta that she will never allow such a thing to happen again]].

* BloodFromTheMouth: Due to [[spoiler: unknowingly drinking poison, she coughs up copious amounts of blood before dying horribly]].

* KilledOffForReal: [[ForegoneConclusion She has been deceased for several years during the events of]] ''[[ForegoneConclusion Blood and Sand]]''. How she died is explored in the prequel [[spoiler: and comes back to haunt Oenomaus and Gannicus in ''Vengeance'']].