Inscription on the saecular games by augustus

The ICS was an ideal base for finishing my project, which has involved the study of inscriptions, coins, and literary material from the Republic to Late Antiquity. Emperors often advertised their Saecular Games through their coinage, but many were not lucky enough to have their reigns coincide with the celebration of a new age on the Augustan or Claudian schedule.

The reverse depicts the herald who announced the performance of the Games, a once-in-a-lifetime event. Further details can be found here. The deadline for sending expressions of interest to the Director for the current funding round is 9th January Hamilakis, The Archaeology and the senses, ] combats nearly always during the religious festivals.

The Saecular games were such a ma- jor ancient Roman festival, which combined sacrifices with shows, processions and ritual An archaeology of the senses does banquets.

Emperor Augustus organised this festival in the summer of 17 BC. What were the smells, the sounds and the lights of the festi- val? Who enjoyed and who tolerated it? How the city of Rome was transformed by rituals, An archaeology of the senses does not processions and performances? Who administrated the festival?

The Augustan edition of the Saecular games is exceptionally well evidenced. What the approaching festival felt like? The nature of any performance, even a contemporary one, is ephemeral. Three days before the games. The inhabitants of Rome hear the heralds calling everyone to the spectacle, that they have never seen and will never see again. New methods and tools, e. Oxford Reference. Publications Pages Publications Pages.

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As [it has been prescribed] for you in those [books - and by virtue of this may every good fortune come to the Roman people, the Quirites - let sacrifice be made] to you with a [? The matrons held sellisternia on this [day in the same manner as on the previous day]. On June 3 on the Palatine hill , Imperator Caesar Augustus and Marcus Agrippa offered sacrifice [to Apollo and Diana with nine sacrificial cakes], nine popana , and [nine] phthoes , and they uttered the following prayer: "O Apollo!

As it has been prescribed for you in those books - and by virtue of this may every good fortune come to the Roman people, the Quirites - let sacrifice be made to you with nine popana , [nine] sacrificial cakes, and nine phthoes.

Just as I have offered you popana and have uttered the proper prayer, to this same end may you be honoured by the offering of these sacrificial cakes and become favourable and propitious. Prayer to Diana with the same words. And when the sacrifice was completed, [twenty]-seven previously designated boys and the same number of girls, with both parents living, sang a hymn [on the Palatine hill ], and in the same manner on the Capitoline hill.

When the theatrical performances had ended at the.