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Photographer: Angela Kalinowski
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Converted into a gladiatorial training school from a quadriporticus after 62 CE and was destroyed during the eruption of Vesuvius on August 24th 79 CE (Bomgardner 2001: p.40, 58). Graffiti, wall paintings, and storage of gladiatorial equipment were all found indicating the buildings use as a ludus (Bomgardner 2001: p.54).
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Attributed to Angela Kalinowski under the license CC-BY-NC 4.0
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Remains of the ludus, gladiatorial training school, at Pompeii. Features a latrine.
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Pompeii
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Italy