battualia

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

battŭālĭa or battālia, ium, n. [battuo],

the fighting and fencing exercises of soldiers and gladiators : inde etiam battuatores τοὺς βασανιστὰς dici puto, Adamant. ap. Cassiod. p. 2300 P.