LUDI PALATI´NI
LUDI PALATI´NI After Augustus died, Livia and
Tiberius had dedicated an altar to the Numen of Augustus (
Plin. Nat. 12.94). We know from the Fasti
Praenestini (in
C. I. L. i. p. 312; cf. p. 385) that on
January 17 the Pontiffs, Augurs, Quindecimviri, and Septemviri sacrificed
victims on this altar. On Jan. 21, 22, and 23, theatrical exhibitions were
held in a private theatre erected in front of the palace. These exhibitions
were strictly private, and only the highest nobles and their families
invited (
D. C. 56.46,
59.16;
J. AJ 19.1,
11;
Tac. Ann.
1.73). In the year Caligula was murdered there was just for that year
an extra day added, viz. Jan. 24 (ix. Kal. Febr.): cf.
Suet. Cal. 56,
58;
D. C. 59.29; Joseph.
l.c. In the Calendar of Philocalus (354 A.D.) the
23rd was removed and the 17th to 19th added (
C. I. L. i. pp.
334 and 385).
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