See LUTETIA.
LUD.
Ancient Lydia.
LUDDITES, Rioting of the.
See ENGLAND: A. D. 1812-1813.
LUDI.
LUDI CIRCENSES, ETC.
"Public games (Ludi) formed an important feature in the
worship of the gods [in ancient Rome], and in the earlier ages
were always regarded as religious rites; so that the words
Ludi, Feriae and Dies Festi are frequently employed as
synonymous. Games celebrated every year upon a fixed day were
denominated Ludi Stati. Such were the Ludi Romani s. Magni,
held invariably on the 21st of September; the Megalesia on 4th
April; the Floralia on 28th April, and many others. …
Another classification of Ludi was derived from the place
where they were exhibited and the nature of the exhibition …
1. Ludi Circenses, chariot races and other games exhibited in
a circus.
2. Ludi Scenici, dramatic entertainments exhibited in a
theatre.
3. Munera Gladiatoria, prize-fights, which were usually
exhibited in an amphitheatre."
_W. Ramsay,
Manual of Roman Antiquity,
chapter 10._
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