Ludi in a sentence

As Rome's provinces expanded, existing ludi were embellished and new ludi invented by politicians who competed for divine and popular support.

The games of September were named Ludi Magni; originally they were not held every year, but later became the annual Ludi Romani Mommsen Römischen Forschungen II p. 42 ff. puts their founding on 366 BC at the establishment of the curule aedility.

Ludi Lin for the win please.

After a brief discussion, the board voted unanimously to rename Top of Texas AEC in honor of the late Ludi Pena Martin, long-time principal who passed away just over a year ago.

One prominent cast member, Liu Kang actor Ludi Lin, is especially comfortable sharing behind-the-scenes work.

Ludi Lin: In many cases.

Also they oversaw the organization of festivals and games (ludi), which made this a very sought after office for a career minded politician of the late republic, as it was a good means of gaining popularity by staging spectacles.

Although their original purpose was religious, the complexity of staging ludi became a way to display the competence, generosity, and fitness for higher office of the organizer.

Caesar's 46 BC ludi were hardly justified as munus after a 20-year interval since his father's death, in which case they were mere entertainment for political gain, a waste of lives, and of money, better doled out to needy army veterans.

Dio Cassius, Roman history, 51.1.3 Octavian instituted or renewed the games known as Actia or Ludi Actiaci, named after Actium in Nicopolis (the new city) to memorialise the battle.

During the Second Punic War in 212 BCE, the Ludi Apollinares ("Apollonian Games") were instituted in his honor, on the instructions of a prophecy attributed to one Marcius.

Eventually, 135 days of the year were devoted to ludi.

In Ancient Rome the festival of Poplifugia was celebrated on July 5, Ludi Apollinares on July 13 and for several days afterwards, but these dates does not correspond to the modern Gregorian one.

J. A. Hanson, Roman Theater—Temples, (Princeton, NJ, 1959), p. 13. Because the ludi were religious in nature, it was appropriate for the Romans to set up this temporary stage close to the temple of the deity being celebrated.

Julius Caesar was among those who solidified his support through his lavish ludi as aedile.

Ludi Triumphales was held from September 18–22.

Similar attrition may have been imposed on Liber's cults; his perceived or actual association with the Bacchanalia may be the reason that his Liberalia ludi of 17 March were temporarily moved to Ceres' Cerealia of 12–19 April.

The "games" and "schools" were both ludi (s.

The practical differences between ludi and munera were beginning to blur.

The site remained prone to flooding, The Ludi Martiales of AD 12 were temporarily transferred from the Circus, after a flood.