in Antiquity, is sometimes used to signify an executioner, but more frequently a master gladiator, who taught the use of arms, and had always people under him ready to exhibit shows of that kind. For this purpose they either purchased gladiators, or educated in that art children who had been exposed.

LANJANG, or LANJANG, a city of Laos, situated on the river Mecon, of which we have no very exact accounts. It is said to be extensive and splendid. The palace of the sovereign is equal in extent to a city, while those of the grandees are large and elegant. The dwellings of the lower orders are, as usual in the East, mere huts. Long. 104. 38. E. Lat. 18. 30. N.