Secular Games

The Ludi Saeculares were a religious performance held at Rome from the Republic to late Empire that came to be connected with the arrival of a new age or saeculum. The earliest celebrations included sacrifices and theatrical games (ludi scaenici; see ludi) at an altar by the Tiber in the Campus Mart...

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Main Author: Dunning, S
Other Authors: Goldberg, SM
Format: Book section
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2016