Batiatus

Quintus Lentulus Batiatus is the lead character in Gods of the arena and the main antagonist of Blood and sand. He is a Lanista, a trainer and trader of Gladiators. He is head of his family's ludus in Capua, and is Dominous to Spartacus and most of the other gladiators that appear throughout the series. Batiatus is the son of Titus Lentulus Batiatus and the husband of Lucreatia