Next month, the long-awaited Spartacus: Vengeance premieres, picking up where the story left off in Spartacus: Blood and Sand.

IGN has your exclusive first look at the opening scene of Vengeance, which follows on the heels of Spartacus and the other slaves from the House of Batiatus breaking free at the end of Blood and Sand. Check out the video below, which features a special introduction from new Spartacus star Liam McIntyre, as he discusses the sequence you're about to see. Oh, and this probably won't shock you, but guess what? Things get pretty violent and bloody…

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