Saxa, Spartacus

Saxa (Ellen Hollman): On historical action drama Spartacus, Saxa was introduced as one of a group of Germanic prisoners rescued from a slave ship and became one of the Rebels under Spartacus’ command. Saxa possessed an aggressive, powerful personality that she shared with many of the other Germanic fighters, and at the beginning only spoke their native tongue. However, unlike most of the other women in the series, Saxa was battle-hardened and frequently boasted of her skills in combat. She enjoyed challenging men to battle, wanting to prove that her strength was on par with, or greater than any man’s, at one point punching her lover Nemetes to the ground when he playfully insults her, before straddling and then kissing him. She was also shown kissing women at random, as an expression of her bisexuality.

In Spartacus: War of the Damned (Season 3 of the original series) Saxa and the former champion gladiator Gannicus became lovers, but their relationship was quite open and they were seen taking other women with them to bed. However, Saxa became upset over Gannicus’ new lover Sibyl and ended things with him. Later, she takes the former slave Belesa as her lover, and they are shown standing together before the final battle against the Romans. Saxa and Belesa shared a tender moment together before Saxa takes to battle with the others, and was killed in battle in the final episode.

Appearances:

• 14 episodes. Spartacus: Vengeance (Season 2), Spartacus: War of the Damned (Season 3)

Female love interests:

• Belesa (Luna Rioumina, guest)

Relationship story arc with a woman: No

Male love interests:

• Nemetes 💀 (Ditch Davey, guest, 9 episodes)
• Gannicus 💀 (Dustin Clare, main cast)

Relationship story arc with a man: Yes

Filter Relationship Arc:

• Male (Regular)

Storyline during sweeps? No

[1] A relationship story arc is defined as explicit, developed on screen, and lasting more than 3 episodes. It is listed as questionable or subtext if romance is only implied, mentioned instead of shown on screen, part of a dream sequence, or otherwise not explicit for the viewer.
[2] Sweeps episodes air in February, May, July and November, the periods when advertising rates are set. A character is marked as "sweeps" when there is a very limited number of episodes that address their sexuality, all air during sweeps period, and the storyline is otherwise ignore/dropped.