festival
Ludi Romani
Roman Games
The great Roman public games of September, in honour of Jupiter Optimus Maximus. The setting of the De Oratore conversation, in 91 BC.
Reading notes
- Ad Quintum Fratrem 3.1 §1 the days of the Roman Games
The Ludi Romani, the great September games in honour of Jupiter Optimus Maximus; their dates let Cicero fix when he was at Arpinum.
- On the Orator §1.24 Roman Games
The Ludi Romani, the great September public games at Rome; the dialogue is set during them in 91 BC, just before the Social War.
- Second Philippic §109 the circus of the Roman Games
The Ludi Romani, the great September games in the Circus Maximus; Antony had carried a law adding a day in Caesar's honour, which Cicero says he then failed to observe properly.