Acer
First appearance	S2E01: Fugitivus
Last appearance	S2E04: Empty Hands
Profession	Gladiator (House of Batiatus) Escaped Slave Rebel
Race	Gaul
Relationships	Crixus (Friend, deceased) Rhaskos (Friend, deceased) Fortis (Friend, deceased) Liscus (Friend, deceased) The Veteran (Friend)
Status	Deceased (Tortured by guests, then killed by Ilithyia)
Actor/Actress	Alex Way

Acer was a gladiator in Batiatus' Ludus' and later a rebel under Spartacus' command.

Contents 1 Appearance 2 Personality 3 Vengeance 4 War Of the Damned 5 Trivia 6 Comments

AppearanceEdit

Acer is a Gaul, and one of the gladiators who escaped Batiatus' Ludus with Spartacus following their revolt from the ludus. He has an athletic, muscular build with long black hair.

PersonalityEdit

Acer is volatile and reckless like many of the Gauls and is very outspoken, especially when it comes to insulting those he considers a threat. He is fiercely loyal to Crixus and friends with Rhaskos.

VengeanceEdit

Acer followed Crixus in the days after escaping the ludus, bringing food and game along with Rhaskos and being wounded in sacking the villa where Chadara and Nasir were held. Acer accompanies Crixus and Spartacus to the mines to rescue Naevia. However, he - like Crixus and Rhaskos - is captured by Ashur and the Roman soldiers sent to ambush them.

Acer and his fellow Gauls are taken back to Capua to Batiatus' old ludus, where they are imprisoned.

At the feast held in Varinius' honor, the prisoners are paraded before the guests, with the announcement that one of them to be tortured to death for their amusement, as retribution for the slaughter of Batiatus and his guests. Lucretia is given the honor of choosing the victim, and she picks Acer.

After he curses his captors defiantly, Acer's tongue is cut out by Seppius. His body is then slowly mutilated by several other guests (including Cossutius and Mercato). Varinius gives Seppia the honor of dealing

the final blow, but when Acer looks into her eyes, she cannot bring herself to kill him. Ilithyia, eager to gain Varinius' attention, takes the chance and casually ends Acer's life with a sword-thrust to the abdomen.

Later when the rebels manage to defeat and capture Publius Varinius, Crixus angrily assaults the Praetor and desires vengeance for his involvement of the deaths of Acer and Rhaskos.

War Of the DamnedEdit

During Crixus' funeral, The Veteran calls out Acer's name, suggesting there was possibly a deep friendship between the two.

TriviaEdit

• Alex Way, the actor who played Acer, is 187cm (6'2") tall.
• Acer's death is the slowest and most graphic of any character to date.
• Acer is one of many gladiators presented in Vengeance that did not appear in Blood and Sand.
• Acer's name is among those that are shouted at Crixus' funeral his is shouted by The Veteran.