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Thus the purely external side of the dramatic art developed from the crudest of beginnings to the brilliant settings of the so-called ludi caesarii.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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The usual form of the vow was to entertain the people on his return, in honour of Jupiter, and thus they were originally called ludi
Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero W. Warde Fowler 1884
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The best evidence comes from Pompeii, where two ludi from different periods have been excavated.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
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The best evidence comes from Pompeii, where two ludi from different periods have been excavated.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
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The best evidence comes from Pompeii, where two ludi from different periods have been excavated.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
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The best evidence comes from Pompeii, where two ludi from different periods have been excavated.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
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Apparently they were trying to surrender and were kneeling with heads bowed, and the magister ludi declined to show mercy.
Archive 2006-08-01 Walter Jon Williams 2006
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Apparently they were trying to surrender and were kneeling with heads bowed, and the magister ludi declined to show mercy.
Log of the Eclipse (11) Walter Jon Williams 2006
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Claudius revived the censorship and celebrated secular games (ludi saeculares).
37-41 2001
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Marcus Julius PHILIPPUS the Arab bought peace with the Persians, won victories in Germany and Dacia, and, at Rome, celebrated the ludi saeculares for Rome's thousandth birthday (248).
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