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As Batiatus's most trusted slave, Doctore served as the ludus gladiator trainer during season one. Here are 10 questions to test what you know of the once celebrated gladiator.

"Spartacus: Blood and Sand" is a television series that premiered January 2010. The series focuses on the historical figure Spartacus who led a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic.

Visibly weary of enslavement and separated from his wife, the embattled Spartacus arrives at the ludus of Quintus Batiatus to begin gladiatorial training.

After a less than stellar performance against Crixus, Spartacus is forced to fight in the pits to continue his quest of being reunited with his wife.

After being accused of deserting a Roman auxiliary, episode one portrays Spartacus as a Thracian warrior captured and sentenced to die at a gladiatorial arena.

The first season of "Spartacus: Blood and Sand" featured many attention-grabbing characters. Some were notable historical figures consistent with the story line, the rest were legends only Romans could conjure and a ingenious writer.

Pooled with a collection of accents, one of many idiosyncratic styles of the series was its satirical use of language. Here is just a tidbit to test your knowledge of who, when, where and why the phrases were ever so spoken.

Now a gladiator, Spartacus seeks to climb the ranks to earn coin for his wife's freedom. In his way stands the mighty Crixus. Answer these 10 questions to test what you remember about episode 3.