LUDI MARTIA´LES
LUDI MARTIA´LES or rather MARTIS ULTO´RIS.
The temple to Mars Ultor was dedicated on Aug. 1, 2 B.C., in the Forum Augusti (
D. C.
60.5). The dedication of the temple and celebration of games to Mars
Ultor held on May 12 (Fasti Maffeiani in
C. I. L. i. p. 305;
Ov. Fast. 5.597) refer to the temple
provisionally erected in the Capitol in 20 B.C. (
D. C.
54.8): cf. Mommsen in
C. I. L. 1.393. These games
were celebrated annually (
D. C. 60.5) by the
consuls (ib. 56.46). Senators had the privilege of contracting
f<*> the horses used in these games (ib. 55.10).
A<*>aumachia was given on the occasion of the dedication of
the temple (Vell. 2.100); als
ludi sevirales, i.e.
evolutions of the six turn e of cavalry, each with its
sevir at its head (Dio Cass.
l.c.).
There appears to have been occasionally a
venatio (ib. 56.27).
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