Villains though they are, Quintus and Lucretia are genuinely in love. Quintus actually adores his wife and, although Lucretia is sleeping with Crixus, she does love her husband too. In fact, Quintus has known about the affair and turned a blind eye because it made her happy. He only reveals it once it becomes obvious they risk a scandal if it's discovered.
A small one when Naevia is being used as a mannequin for Lucretia's necklace shopping. She smiles as she tries each necklace on, obviously enjoying this rare moment she gets to wear pretty things such as jewellery.
Fridge Heartwarming - Crixus notices her in this moment, and his eventual gift to her is an opal necklace; obviously thinking she deserved to have jewellery of her own.
Although Naevia turns the gift of the necklace down, it turns out not to be because she isn't interested in Crixus, but because she's forbidden to have any presents that weren't given to her by Lucretia. The way she says "regardless of desire" makes it clear that she wishes she could have kept the gift. That's all Crixus needs to plant the Big Damn Kiss on her.
Naevia is sent by Lucretia to give Crixus more water between the bars. As she turns to go, he asks her to stay. Curious, she asks "to what purpose?" and Crixus says "need there be one?" - meaning he just wants more time with her. She smiles.
The night before the match against Theokeles, Crixus is brought to Lucretia's bed chamber as normal. Although he claims that his mechanical failure is because "love weakens a man before battle", it's quite obviously out of respect for Naevia. And as she escorts him back to his quarters, still sad that he didn't take the chance to bow out of the match, she tearfully asks if honor and glory is all he fights for. He wipes the tear from her cheek and replies softly "not all". Even more powerful if you recall his conversation with Spartacus before he was summoned, where the latter asked if Crixus had anything to fight for besides glory. We get his answer, as Crixus leans in for a passionate kiss with the woman he's fallen in love with.
Naevia: You said love drains a man.
Crixus: It can give him hope. In the right arms.
And as they prepare to fight Theokoles, Crixus asks Spartacus if his wife is the reason "you refuse to die". When Spartacus responds yes, Crixus smiles and...
"Then perhaps there is something beyond glory."
Undermined a bit by the fact that Spartacus is drugging him, but his heart to heart with Doctore/Oenomaus in which he learns of the latter's deceased wife.
Spartacus: Does she live?
Oenomaus: In memory.
Spartacus: I would have desired to meet her. Tell her of her husband's worth.
And although Varro begs Spartacus one last time to reconsider his escape plan, he accepts he can't change his friend's mind, and they share a hug as farewell.
Naevia takes care of Pietros's birds after the latter's suicide in her own way of making up for the fact that she knew Barca didn't desert him and couldn't say.
When Duro, a greenhorn, challenges Crixus, he gets his ass thoroughly kicked, but he never gives up. After the fight is finally stopped by Oenomaus, the gladiators clap for him to honour his courage. Agron's proud look just makes it better.
From the same episode (episode 10 if you're curious) Varro is reunited with his family thanks to Spartacus' efforts. After the reunion, Varro swoops down on his friend and gives him a big brotherly kiss. Doubles as a Funny Moment.
When Naevia is being set away, Oenomaus gets the Roman guard to let her and Crixus have a goodbye because "he was a champion once". He knows all too well what it's like to be unexpectedly parted from the woman he loves.
In a role reversal (where Crixus had constantly been reassuring Naevia), here it's her who comforts him as he despairs that "I have destroyed us". She says "we yet live", giving him hope that they'll be reunited one day.
Before outright siding with Spartacus, Crixus asks that, in the event he dies in their fight to the death, Spartacus promise to still find Naevia.
Crixus also says "In another life, you and I might have been as brothers". But it turns out, they are in this life too.
Crixus says the above after he's stated his intent to win freedom so he can purchase Naevia's, and Spartacus responds "join me and we will find her together". Crixus is so stunned that the man he considered his rival is offering to help him find the woman he loves.
And what is the last thing Spartacus says to him before he finally helps him? "Join me, brother".
Mira's 'price' for opening the gates in the rebellion? For Spartacus to make love to her with "a pale shadow of the love you felt" for his own wife. It's implied she has been used as a concubine for some gladiators in the past (and possibly Roman nobles, as depicted in Gods of the Arena), but she wants to just know what it feels like to be intimate with someone she loves. Spartacus does as she wishes, kissing her softly and gently.
She asks of Sura "was she such a woman?" and Spartacus declares this simultaneously beautiful and tragic line:
"She was the sun. Never to rise again."
Despite how horrible and spiteful she was to him, when Spartacus comes across Aurelia in hysterics after killing Numerius, he comforts her as she cries in his arms.
And even though it is terrifying how she delivers it, what Aurelia says in her monologue about Varro highlights how much she loved him. Even read the lines out of context.
"He was not a perfect man. But he was mine."
Gods of the Arena:
Lucretia isn't exactly fond of people and, in Season 1 and 2, wears a very large red wig... then we learn in the prequel series that the wig belonged to her best friend and that she wore it in remembrance of her. Lucretia later joins her friend in death...
Gaia, the aforementioned friend, appeared to be Spoiled Sweet and even Nice to the Waiter. When Diona and Naevia seem excited by the idea of sex (both are virgins at this point), Gaia gives them a Pet the Dog moment by telling them they have much pleasure to look forward to. Sadly not the case for Diona, but Naevia will have a better experience as Crixus's lover.
Melitta does her best to try and comfort Lucretia while they clear up the evidence of Gaia's murder.
Melitta: I know how closely you held her. It was an unfortunate accident.
Lucretia: She was taken from us too soon.
Melitta: Yet blessed to count you as friend while she was among us.
Lucretia: She was more than friend. She was family.
Lucretia sadly says that Titus wants all trace of Gaia to be erased of the house, even using salt to do so. Melitta says that they will pretend they did, and Naevia and Diona will keep the secret.
Naevia uses the money among Gaia's things to give to Diona for safe passage out of Capua "and away from the things that have been done to you". It breaks her heart to say goodbye to her friend, but she wants Diona to be happy again, and they share a tender hug farewell.
Vengeance:
The memoriam for Andy Whitfield at the end of the premiere.
"A champion in the arena. A legend in our hearts."
The refugees thanking and touching Spartacus during Victory.
Agron kissing Nasir for the first time in "Libertus." The surprised, happy look Nasir gives him afterwards is adorable.
"Empty Hands". Spartacus tells Mira to get Nasir and Naevia to safety, while he holds off the Romans. She refuses saying her place is by his side. Then they turn to face their fate together. Fortunately, the approaching army is actually on their side.
War of the Damned:
The rebels chanting the names of their fallen in "The Dead and the Dying."
Any time Agron and Nasir have an intimate moment together. Every single bloody time. In all that death and blood they're the only couple who manage to survive the show, and they're so plainly, ridiculously in love that even when they’re angsting it's really adorable.
Gannicus telling Sibyl that she helped him become a better man.
'Gannicus:' You once told me the gods had sent me to save you. You were mistaken. You were the one sent. And I needed saving.
Agron and Nasir going their separate ways in "Separate Paths". Yeah, it's an absolute Tear Jerker, but still — listen to the line "My heart will never beat for another" and try not to swoon a little at just how strong and deep their love for each other is.
The end credits, displaying all the fallen characters grouped together in fitting ways. And ending with a shot of Andy Whitfield declaring "I am Spartacus!"
