Ludas Magna

[Spartan198]

I was scouring wikipedia and got to flipping through entries on gladiators,the Flavian Amphitheater,etc.,and I read that "Ludus Magna" means "Great Gladiator School" or something thereother,and this made me wonder why the Hellenic factions (Macedon,Greek Cities,etc.) have the Ludus Magna in their building roster? As most familiar with Greek history know,the Greeks never had gladiator games,so exactly why should they be able to build gladiator schools in their cities?

Maybe I missed something in translation on the subject?

[Watchman]

It's literally something like "great school" - and if you ask me it says a bit the Greek version of the theme taught academics and the Roman one trained gladiators...

[Hurin_Rules]

I think you have a typo there: is should be 'ludus [with a -us rather than an -as ending] magna'.

Ludus means a game or school. I haven't found any word 'ludas'.

Cheers

[Spartan198]

Thanks for pointing out that typo,Hurin. I actually looked it back up and found that I misread it completely: the Ludus MAGNUS,not Magna,was the gladiator school. My mistake. I'm sorry.

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[Good Ship Chuckle]

It seems strange that Ludus Magna can mean "Great school". For the latin scholars here, the -us in Ludus doesn't match with the -a in Magna. It should be Ludus Mangus for it to match correctly.
If someone (who knows latin) knows how to resolve my consternation, then please enlighten me.