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Ludi (Latin:games; plural of "ludus") were public games held for the benefit and entertainment of the Roman people (populus Romanus). Ludi were held in conjunction with, or sometimes as the major feature of, Roman religious festivals, and were also presented as part of the cult of state. The earliest ludi were horse races in the circus (ludi ...
The actual ludi Romani consisted of first a solemn procession , then a chariot race in which each chariot in Homeric fashion carried a driver and a warrior, the latter at the end of the race leaping out and running on foot (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities vii. 72; and cf. Orelli, 2593, where a charioteer is spoken of as pedibus ad ...
Modern depiction (1876) by Jean Léon Gérôme of a chariot race in Rome's Circus Maximus, as if seen from the starting gate. The Palatine Hill and imperial palace are to the left. Chariot racing (Ancient Greek: ἁρματοδρομία, harmatodromía; Latin: ludi circenses) was one of the most popular ancient Greek, Roman, and Byzantine sports.
Ludi is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Carlalberto Ludi (born 1982), Italian footballer; Sarah Ludi (born 1971), Swiss dancer;
Ludo (/ ˈ lj uː d oʊ /; from Latin ludo '[I] play') is a strategy-based board game for two to four [a] players, in which the players race their four tokens from start to finish according to the rolls of a single die.
The Consualia or Consuales Ludi was the name of two ancient Roman festivals in honor of Consus, a tutelary deity of the harvest and stored grain. Consuales Ludi harvest festivals were held on August 21, [1] and again on December 15, in connection with grain storage. The shrine of Consus was underground, it was covered with earth all year and ...
Ludus (plural ludi) in ancient Rome could refer to a primary school, a board game, or a gladiator training school. The various meanings of the Latin word are all within the semantic field of "play, game, sport, training" (see also ludic ).
Ludus (ancient Rome) (plural ludi), several meanings around "play, game, sport, training" Ludi, public games held for the benefit and entertainment of the Roman people; Luduș, a town in Transylvania, Romania; Ludus Magnus and other gladiatorial training schools; Ludus (love), a type of love/sex in the color wheel theory of love