Ludus

Definition: Ludus is a Latin word meaning either school or game. Gladiators like Spartacus were taught to fight by people called lanistae in a ludus and then the game at which they fought was also a ludus. The plural of ludus is ludi. The ludi were important occasions for entertainment in Roman society.
See Ludi.
The picture of gladiators fighting is from a picture taken at Bad Kreuznach by Irene Hahn.

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