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The Republican Ludi Saeculares as a cult of the Valerian Gens

Abstract:: Republican sacrifices held at the Tarentum in the Campus Martius constitute part of the lineage of the imperial ludi saeculares. Through an investigation of fragmentary and sometimes corrupt historical texts pertaining to the ludi saeculares, especially Verrius Flaccus, Varro, Valerius Antias, Valerius Maximus, Zosimus, and Plutarch, this article demonstrates that the Tarentum sacrifices were originally called ludi Tarentini, and were a cult of the Valerian gens that came under civic supervision in 249 bce. These ludi Tarentini were not associated with the concept of performance once per saeculum until Augustus created the ludi saeculares from Republican models in 17 bce.

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Dunning, S. (2020). The Republican Ludi Saeculares as a cult of the Valerian Gens. Historia, 69(2), 208–236.

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Dunning, S. “The Republican Ludi Saeculares as a Cult of the Valerian Gens.” Historia, vol. 69, no. 2, Franz Steiner Verlag, 2020, pp. 208–36.

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Dunning, S. 2020. “The Republican Ludi Saeculares as a Cult of the Valerian Gens.” Historia 69 (2): 208–36.
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Institution:: University of Oxford
Department:: Classics
Sub department:: Ancient History and Classical Arch
Oxford college:: Somerville College
Role:: Author

Publisher:: Franz Steiner Verlag
Journal:: Historia More from this journal
Volume:: 69
Issue:: 2
Pages:: 208-236
Publication date:: 2020-04-01
Acceptance date:: 2018-03-01
DOI:: 10.25162/historia-2020-0010
ISSN:: 0018-2311

Language:: English
Keywords:: tarentum

saecular games

Ludi Tarentini

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Sacra Priuata
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Local pid:: pubs:1078396
Source identifiers:: 1078396
Deposit date:: 2019-12-18

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Copyright date:: 2020
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