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The Ludi Romani ("Roman Games"; see ludi) was a religious festival in ancient Rome held annually, starting in 366 BC, from September 12 to September 14. In the 1st century BC, an extra day was added in honor of the deified Julius Caesar on 4 September and extended to September 19.
In 366 BC, the Ludi Romani became the first games to be placed on the religious calendar as an annual event sponsored by the state as a whole. [9] Games in the circus were preceded by a parade (pompa circensis) featuring the competitors, mounted youths of the Roman nobility, armed dancers, musicians, a satyr chorus, and images of the gods.
Although it is possibly an example of Duodecim Scripta, it may also represent an otherwise unknown Roman or Celtic board game. The gravesite in Colchester is not alone amongst Romano-British artifacts; other excavations in Britain have revealed board games implying that Roman games spread throughout the region concurrent to Romanization. In one ...
The Roman Games were the oldest games instituted by the Romans, dating from 509 BC, and took up about half the month, running September 5–19 on the Julian calendar. [4] Typically, the last day of victory games would mark the date of the actual victory, which in the case of Chalcedon was September 18. [5]
Damnatio ad bestias (Latin for "condemnation to beasts") was a form of Roman capital punishment where the condemned person was killed by wild animals, usually lions or other big cats. This form of execution, which first appeared during the Roman Republic around the 2nd century BC, had been part of a wider class of blood sports called Bestiarii.
More important games were organized by high-ranking magistrates who could better afford them. The largest and most lavish of all were paid for by the emperor himself. [19] [20] The first types of gladiators were named after the enemies of the Republic of Rome: the Samnites, Thracians, and Gauls.
Ancient Roman games festivals (8 P) G. Gladiatorial combat (3 C, 15 P) S. Ancient Roman sports (7 P) Pages in category "Sport in ancient Rome"
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