List_of_ludi Ludi

1 list of ludi

1.1 annual ludi
1.2 ludi not held annually
1.3 single-occasion ludi

list of ludi

the following lists of ludi not exhaustive. unless otherwise noted, sources matthew bunson, dictionary of roman empire (oxford university press, 1995), pp. 246–247, , roland auguet, cruelty , civilization: roman games (routledge, 1972, 1994) pp. 212–213.

annual ludi

listed in order month appear on roman calendar.

ludi megalenses, april 4–10, established 204 bc in honor of magna mater, in conjunction megalensia.
ludi ceriales, april 12–19, established 202 bc in conjunction cerealia april 12.
ludi florales, april 28–may 3, established 173 bc in honor of flora, in conjunction floralia may 1 , atmosphere of primitive license , pastoral orgy.
ludi apollinares, july 6–13, first celebrated in 211 bc in honor of apollo secure aid against hannibal, , made annual in 208 bc senatorial decree.
ludi victoriae caesaris, held july 20–30 in 46 bc julius caesar dedication of temple of venus, in fulfillment of vow made in 48 @ battle of pharsalus, , made annual augustus.
ludi romani, september 4–19 in 44 bc, september 12–15 in 4th century ad, established according legends in 6th century bc in honor of jupiter, or perhaps father liber, , @ first held occasionally, not annually.
ludi augustales, october 3–12, established 14 ad after death of augustus , based on augustalia.
ludi plebeii, november 13, on ides of jupiter, , expanded run november 4–17; established 216 bc , held in circus, , continued in 4th century of christian era.

ludi not held annually

ludi capitolini, established in 388 bc honor jupiter s in retaking capitol after siege of gauls; held irregularly, , reestablished domitian in 86 ad. on four-year basis.
ludi pontificales or ludi actiaci, established augustus in 30 bc, held every fourth year commemorate augustus s victory @ actium; see actia.
ludi decennales, celebration of 10-year anniversary of emperor s reign, begun augustus.
ludi saeculares, held infrequently supposedly held after expulsion of kings, on schedule determined variously sibylline books , influence of etruscan great year (a 110-year cycle, explicated augustan quindecimviri); presented famously in 17 bc under augustus, when choral carmen saeculare of horace performed; , mark important occasions such 800th , 900th anniversary of founding of rome; last held in 397 under christian emperor honorius, permitted them conducted according tradition.
ludi taurii, games featuring horse races in honor of underworld gods.

single-occasion ludi

the following ludi held once.

ludi volcanalici, held august 23, 20 bc, within temple precinct of vulcan, augustus mark treaty parthia , return of legionary standards had been lost @ battle of carrhae in 53 bc.




^ auguet, cruelty , civilization, p. 213.
^ richard beacham, emperor impresario: producing pageantry of power, in cambridge companion age of augustus (cambridge university press, 2005), p. 160.