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Ludi Gothici (Gothic Games)

Ludi Gothici (Gothic Games), a festival of the Roman calendar. This site has 2 entries about it, listed in calendar order with the Roman date.

  1. February 4 · pr. Non. Feb. · Roman calendar date
    Gothic Games begin (Listed AD 354)
  2. February 9 · a.d. V Id. Feb. · Roman calendar date
    Chariot races close the Gothic Games (Listed AD 354)
LATIN LINE OF THE DAY

Sunt bona, sunt quaedam mediocria, sunt mala plura quae legis hic.

“Some are good, some middling, more are bad, of what you read here.”

Martial, Epigrams 1.16 · translation ours (literal)