#gaius glaber

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Character Comparisons

Haldir the good guy and Darken Rahl the bad guy, both in red cloaks and very similar scenes

2. Gaius Glaber and Darken Rahl, both baddies revealed under black cloaks

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Craig Parker as Gaius Claudius Glaber 🔥

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ilithyia and glaber are both incredibly toxic to each other and just in general. but glaber constantly forgets that he has the positions and titles he does because of ilithyia, and he would not be nearly as respected without her. but he’s over here on his high horse and then gets all upset when ilithyia she decides she wants someone equal to her in status. like sir sit down.

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Mount Vesuvius (Naples, Italy) aka one of the most dangerous volcanoes of the world. Few facts:

In 73 BC, the volcano was the site of the battle between the escaped slaves/gladiators led by Spartacus and the roman militia led by Praetor Gaius Claudius Glaber (Battle of Mount Vesuvius).

The giant crater at the top of Vesuvius was formed by the disastrous eruption of 79 AD that buried the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

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BOTH tom hollander as cutler beckett in pirates of the carribean and craig parker as gaius claudius glaber in spartacus mastered the art of serving petty, egotistical, intelligent cunt ✨ in every second of screentime

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Chapter 51: The Praetorship

In the annual elections for praetor that summer, Cicero topped the poll. It was an ugly campaign, fought in the aftermath of the lex Gabinia, when trust between the various factions in Rome had broken down completely.

Yet, despite the constant threat of violence in the city, the eight newly elected praetors gathered in the senate in mid-September to draw lots to determine their responsibilities for the coming term. The most coveted office, of course, was that of praetor urbanus, which in those days ranked third in the state – only behind the two consuls.

The election itself had played out much as Cicero had expected, and, apart from my master, there were only two men of obvious ability.

The most talented, of course, was Aquilius Gallus, a respected lawyer and jurist who would certainly be one of Cicero’s rivals for the consulship when his turn came.

Then there was Sulpicious Galba, a member of an old and distinguished aristocratic family. While he was an honest man with a good name, his privilege had made him harsh and arrogant, which limited his appeal among the people when it came to his potential for the consulship.

Fourth in ability was Quintus Cornificius, a rich religious fundamentalist who spoke incessantly about the need to revive Rome’s declining morals. Cicero jokingly called him “the candidate of the gods.”

Then came four men who lacked either means, character or both, and included Varinius Glaber, Caius Ochivius, Cassius Longinus and, in last place when it came to intellect, the patrician Gaius Antonius Hybrida – a heavy drinker who was known as one of the stupidest men in Rome.

Cicero, of course, counted himself head and shoulders above his fellow praetors – excepting, perhaps, Gallus. But the gods have a way of punishing such hubris, for Cicero's boni enemies got the best of him. Catulus moved to call each praetor-elect to draw their assignment from the ancient urn in reverse alphabetical order, and the motion passed. This left Cicero to draw last, dashing his chances of drawing praetor urbanus.

First up was Orchivius, who unluckily drew the dreaded embezzlement court. Then Longinus, who drew the treason court.

Hybrida, he with the least ability, evoked a collective gasp upon drawing the lot for praetor urbanus. As the presiding consul, Manius Acilius Glabrio read the assignment aloud, and the house rang with laughter at the absurdity of it. Poor Hybrida, fool that he was, laughed along, thinking his fellow senators happy for him.

Once the house had settled a bit, Glaber stepped up to the urn and drew the electoral court, followed by the talented Gallus, who drew the criminal court, and Galba, who drew responsibility for hearing cases of violence against the state.

As Cornificius stepped forward to draw, only two possible roles were left. So when he drew the position of foreign praetor, Cicero heaved a heavy sigh of relief. The new foreign praetor would serve as Hybrida’s deputy – which would have been a grim fate, indeed, for the cleverest man in Rome – so Cicero was satisfied.

The extortion court wasn’t praetor urbanus, to be sure, but there was a certain symmetry to his oversight of the very court in which he had launched his political career with the prosecution of Gaius Verres. He would make the best of it.

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since your post gives a nod to john and lucy's chemistry as batiatus and lucretia what did you think of ilithyia and glaber? the more rewatches of the show i go through (and i've watch the three seasons and the prequel) and the more i look at glaber and start to think this is just craig parker playing a villain and doing a less believable job than in say legend of the seeker but maybe that's just me. so idk it's hard to feel the sociopathic power couple vibe when viva is pulling all the weight

i agree, like, i could believe glaber as a social climbing asshole who would do things out of spite, like what he did to sura in season 1 and how he had a vested interest in making spartacus bow to him and i could also believe the two of them in the very beginning of spartacus before we see how cruel and villainous she actually is where she sneaks into the tent and she's kind of spoiled and he isn't living up to his potential and she's all my father won't be pleased like that dynamic i buy, but by the time the third season came around and ilithyia was all 'we're both monsters, gaius' i was like are you?? because ilithyia you have done some shit by this point that qualifies you as a bonafide monstrous villain, kudos, i get that, glaber not so much, you're kind of just a guy.

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i'm doing a spartacus rewatch, i'm watching vengeance and it is wild to me just how bold glaber is and for no good reason either. like this man murdered seppia's twin brother AFTER he clocked seppius for being jealous of how close seppia was getting to varinius. so i'm not saying glaber knew these two were incestuous little freaks but he knew enough to know better than to murder seppius and think seppia wouldn't be out of her mind when she found out

OMGGG a spartacus message in my inbox 🥺 thank u anon i love you and i feel so blessed bc i could talk about this show for hours!!! putting this under a read more just bc it gets quite long <3

i think one of the most interesting things about glaber (and batiatus honestly) is that he's incredibly entitled. he thinks so much of himself; he deserves to be in the senate, he deserves an heir, he deserves to divorce ilithyia not when she feels like it but when he does, he deserves to get away with murder bc he's better and smarter than those around him, when in reality none of that is true. he genuinely thought he was smart enough to get away with murdering seppius without anyone finding out, and tbh i think he was getting off on having seppia wrapped around his finger knowing that he killed her brother and that she was coming to him for comfort. you hit the nail on the head, he’s so bold and reckless, and until the very last moment before his death he doesn’t think it’s possible for spartacus to beat him based simply on the fact that spartacus is a slave and glaber himself is roman.

monsters is one of my favorite episodes in the entire show and i absolutely relate to wanting seppia to get her revenge, but i'm also obsessed with ilithyia and glaber's fucked up relationship and the parallels between them betraying each other and then coming back together ("we are both monsters gaius, let us be so together" is such a line), only to both die in the next episode like it hits so hard for me. but i do think seppia should have been able to stab him a little, as a treat.

also i know you said that he let her father die but he did literally kill her father sdflkjh like he hit him over the head with a piece of wood repeatedly so. that was not just him letting him die when the arena burned down lmao like he did that on purpose. yeah he's a piece of shit but so is ilithyia and i'm obsessed with both of them.

i love how glaber and batiatus are set up as these sort of bumbling brazen villain types in the first two seasons in comparison to crassus in s3. glaber and batiatus are so obsessed with getting and maintaining power and they disrespect and betray those around them to try and climb up the social ladder but crassus doesn't have to do any of those things bc he's already at the very top. he gets to act with an heir of superiority that, to the fellow romans around him (and even some slaves), he "deserves." i’m obsessed with all the villains in this show i think they’re some of the best written villains of all time <3

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Craig Parker as Gaius Glaber in Spartacus (x6)

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Craig Parker Gifs (1/?)

Gaius Cladius Glaber and his trusty steed aka Prince Charming <3

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Ilithyia and Gaius Claudius Glaber (Spartacus) - Credit if using

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Craig Parker as Gaius Claudius Glaber (Spartacus)

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