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Moving the church into a dedicated worship space will free up the gym and allow local Assyrians to start turning the building into a community gathering place, said Ashur Shiba, a Morton Grove village trustee and executive director of the grassroots group Vote Assyrian.—Marie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026 But the boys at the ludus, whose ranks notably include decent guy Celadus (Dan Hamill) and his hotheaded son Tarchon (Jordi Webber), are not keen to admit a woman to their ranks and are doubly peeved that Ashur is skipping her into a headlining role.—Robert Lloyd, Boston Herald, 7 Dec. 2025 What if Ashur had lived and ended up in charge of his own gladiator school?—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2025 McTavish stars as Korris, alongside Nick Tarabay’s Ashur and Tenika Davis’ Achillia.—Reshma Gopaldas, IndieWire, 4 Dec. 2025 Mesmerized by her agility and fearsomeness, Ashur purchases her, renaming her Achillia (Tenika Davis) and forcing Korris, much to his horror, to train her as a gladiatrix.—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 1 Dec. 2025 The House of Ashur set employed intimacy coordinators for performers who wanted them.—Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 1 Dec. 2025 Now that Ashur is at the center of this new show, are we supposed to empathize with him?—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Nov. 2025 Lucretia and Ashur share a long history together and a tumultuous one at that.—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 17 Nov. 2025