{"id":53,"date":"2023-03-10T11:30:46","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T10:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-1074717-3818660.cloudwaysapps.com\/?page_id=53"},"modified":"2026-01-26T16:42:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T15:42:41","slug":"ludus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/colosseo-roma.it\/en\/romans\/ludus\/","title":{"rendered":"Ludus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"53\" class=\"elementor elementor-53\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1e61d2d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1e61d2d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[],&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1093d22\" data-id=\"1093d22\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-574882b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"574882b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">La Ludis<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0b9cf4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e0b9cf4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\nGames (ludus) or celebrations were originally, for the Romans, a kind of religious ceremony, a rite performed to curry favour with the gods, had a propitiatory or commemorative purpose.<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-dce-background-image-url=\"https:\/\/colosseo-roma.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rome-3550739_1920.jpg\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-85dfc67 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"85dfc67\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[],&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-97de53d\" data-id=\"97de53d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dde345 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1dde345\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The games (ludus) could be of four types: 'theatrical', 'circus', 'athletic' and 'hunting'. In the Flavian amphitheatre, the most famous arena in the ancient world, gladiatorial fights (munera), hunting performances (venationes) and, at the beginning, also naval battles took place. executions were also carried out in the arena, but there is no historical evidence that Christians were martyred there.<\/p><p>The demonstrations were of various kinds, sometimes cruel and sometimes reminiscent of circus shows with trained animals.<\/p><p>In any case, each performance required a great deal of organisation and resulted in very high costs.<\/p><p>During the games, the coliseum hosted a huge crowd on its stands, ready to watch the extraordinary spectacles with greed and excitement....try to imagine over 50,000 spectators who were not 'in their skin' and who enjoyed the blood of the gladiators and the ferocity of the beasts....<\/p><p>We, today, take pleasure in the silence of the colosseum, in its nocturnal atmosphere and in the moment when it lights up every time a capital punishment is suspended in the world. we like it that way today, even without its beautiful marbles; purified by time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ludis The games (ludus) or celebrations were originally, for the Romans, a kind of religious ceremony, a rite performed to win the benevolence of the gods, had a propitiatory or commemorative purpose. 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