Ludi Saeculares (88)

Domitianus: AR Denarius
anno 88 Romae incusus
IMP CAESAR DOMIT AUG GERM P M TR P VIII IMP XVIII, caput laureatum dextro versum	Columna in qua textus: COS XIIII LVD SAEC FEC[it]; praeco ad sinistrum progrediens, vergam et scutum tenens
19 mm, 3.15 gr
RIC, Domitianus, II, 116; BMCRE 135; RSC 73

Domitianus: Æ As
anno 88 Romae incusus
IMP CAESAR DOMIT AUG GERM P M TR P VIII IMP XVIII, caput laureatum dextro versum	COS XIIII LVD SAEC FEC, Domitianus stans sinistro versus, manu tenens pateram, ad aram libans; ad sinistram partem tibicen et psaltista, in fundo templum; S C in exergo.
28 mm, 9.91 gr, 6 h
RIC, Domitianus, II, 623

Ludi Saeculares anno 88 celebrati sunt, iussu principis Domitiani. Ille se rite observare praetendit spatium temporis ab Augusto statutum quo Ludi Saeculares celebrandi sint.

Fontes

• Suetonius, De vita Caesarum "Domitianus" 4
• Tacitus, Annales 11.11
• Zosimus, Historia nova liber 2 ad initium (versio)
• Censorinus, De die natali 17.7-15

Bibliographia

• "Ludi Saeculares" in William Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (Londinii, 1842; 2a ed., 1865; 3a ed., 1870) 2a ed. pp. 716-717
• Beard, Mary; John North and Simon Price (1998). Religions of Rome. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-30401-6 (vol. 1); ISBN 0-521-45646-0 (vol. 2) 
• Feeney, Denis (1998). Literature and Religion at Rome: Cultures, Contexts and Beliefs. Roman literature and its contexts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-55921-9 
• Jones, Brian; and Robert Milns (2002). Suetonius: The Flavian Emperors: A Historical Commentary. London: Bristol Classical Press. ISBN 1-85399-613-0 
• Melanie Grunow Sobocinski, "Visualizing Ceremony: The Design and Audience of the Ludi Saeculares Coinage of Domitian" in American Journal of Archaeology vol. 110 (2006)

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