Our Beloved Spartacus Returns With a Tableaux of Manflesh

Watching this preview of "Spartacus: Vengeance" had our eyes steaming over with lust. It's wall-to-wall sweaty bare chests and perky nipples pumping testosterone right from our laptop to our lap. Get ready to unsheathe your sword.

Yes, yes, yes, the preview heavily rides oceans of bloody violence. As we know, the series' copious gore is matched by the steamiest sex and the most lurid male nudity in recent TV memory, rivaled only by "True Blood." Hell, while heads are getting split and gladiators whipped, we're thinking about the eventual sight of new Spartacus Liam Macintyre with tunic raised and Manu Bennett going full-frontal again as superfighter Crixus.

The only downside: having to wait until January 2012 to see the show! Oh, those cruel cockteasing Starz producers!

· Spartacus: Vengeance - Trailer (youtube.com)
· Spartacus: Vengeance (starz.com)