| Gaia’s Slave | ||
|---|---|---|
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| First appearance | S0E01: Past Transgressions | |
| Last appearance | S0E05: Reckoning | |
| Profession | Body Slave | |
| Race | German | |
| Relationships | Gaia (Domina, deceased) | |
| Status | Unknown (presumed active) | |
| Actor/Actress | Samantha Bluemel | |
Gaia's Slave is Gaia's personal body slave, occupying the same role as Melitta and Naevia in service to Lucretia. Gaia's slave has no dialogue and her name is never mentioned on screen.
Appearance[]
Gaia's Slave is a tall, fair-skinned and fair-haired woman of Germanic origin. She wore a small blue loose-fitting translucent shift, similar to Melitta. When out in public this outfit has the addition of a thin shawl. In one of her last scenes at a party, she is seen topless, dressed in a see-thru white skirt with her exposed breasts covered in gold leaf. Like most slaves, she is often barefoot while in the villa.
Gods of the Arena[]
Gaia's Slave is first seen in the Capua Marketplace accompanying her domina Gaia when she runs into her old friend Lucrecia. She continues to be seen throughout the first five episodes attending to Gaia. She can also be seen attending a late-night party at Batiatus' Ludus dressed in the same attire as the rest of female slaves. After Gaia's murder at the hands of Tullius during the party, Titus orders her murder to be covered up and her slave sold. Gaia's slave is seen the next day being escorted from the villa with her hands and feet bound in manacles. It is unknown what her ultimate fate was after this, with her either being sold off or being executed in secret in order to cover up Gaia's murder more effectively.
List of Appearances[]
Spartacus: Gods of the Arena
- 001: Past Transgressions
- 002: Missio
- 003: Paterfamilias
- 004: Beneath the Mask
- 005: Reckoning
Trivia[]
- Gaia's Slave's name was never mentioned in the series.
- The Latin language term for a female body-slave was Serva Corporis. Alternately, Amanuensis, meaning 'within hand's reach', would be used.
- Since Gaia's Slave was a Germanic, it should be noted that the Cimbrian War (113-101 B.C.) was won more than twenty years before the events of Gods of the Arena. It is possible that Gaia's Slave may have been captured by the Romans during infancy from the mobile camps of the Germanic Cimbri tribe, who were attempting to settle in northern Italy.
- Her ultimate fate after leaving Batiatus' villa is unknown. The reason for her being constrained during her last appearance could be explained that her domina (mistress) Gaia's death occurred in her absence, hence encouraging the opinion that this was her failure as a body-slave and her likely punishment of being sold to a place of ill-repute (possibly the salt-mines in Lucania).