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Ludus may refer to: 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
The Luduș massacre occurred in the village of Luduș (Hungarian: Marosludas), in the Kingdom of Romania.Between 5 and 13 September 1944, on the outskirts of the village, the Royal Hungarian Army occupied the village and, with the help of natives, shot 15 Jews and 2 Romanians: Mihai Polac, Vilma Polac and their daughters Rozalia and Maria, Iosif Gluck and his daughter Rozalia, Mauriciu Fred ...
Luduș (Romanian pronunciation:; Hungarian: Marosludas or Ludas; Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈmɒroʃludɒʃ], German: Ludasch) is a town in Transylvania, Romania in Mureș County, 44 km (27 mi) south-west from the county's capital, Târgu Mureș.
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 ).
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 Play of Daniel, or Ludus Danielis, is either of two medieval Latin liturgical dramas based on the biblical Book of Daniel, one of which is accompanied by monophonic music. Surviving plays [ edit ]
The Ludus Magnus (lat.:Domus Vectiliana), also known as the Great Gladiatorial Training School, was the largest of the gladiatorial schools in Rome. It was built by the emperor Domitian (r. 81–96 C.E.) in the late first century C.E., alongside other building projects undertaken by him such as three other gladiatorial schools across the Roman Empire.
In September 2011 aerial photographs and ground-penetrating radar led to the discovery of the typical contours of an ancient Roman gladiator school to the south of the Roman settlement, a ludus rivaling the Ludus Magnus school and covering an area of some 3,350 square yards (0.280 ha). [20]