'Rome' meets '300' in a new stunning series: 'Spartacus: Blood and Sand'. The subtitle, blood and sand, confused me a bit at first. Why not just call it 'Spartacus'? However, a few episodes into the series proved it to be a ideally suitable and descriptive suffix for this ominously gritty and epically violent tour of the Roman gladiator scene. I give it 8 out of 10 possible stars, with a definite potential to change that score, both up and down, as each new episode airs.