Ludi Apollinares 2761 AUC (Nova Roma)
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EDICTVM DE LVDI APOLLINARES MMDCCLXI A.V.C.
Ex Officio Praetor Urbanus and Praetor Peregrinus Novæ Romæ
1. According to the Official Calendar of Nova Roma festivals, from July 6th to July 13th, the Ludi Apollinares will be celebrated. 2. The celebration will be held in honor of Apollo. The contests are organized by both Praetores and the Praetorian Cohors. 3. We, the Praetor Urbanus, the Praetor Peregrinus and our Cohors, have the honor to present the Ludi Apollinares program:
I July 6th:
- - Opening.
- - Religious Celebrations.
II July 7th to 12:
- History. - Photo, video, and historic contests.
II July 13th:
- Results and closing ceremony.
4 The Photo and Video Contest will consist of making a photo or video using one of the themes below (only original entries will be accepted):
a) Apollo. b) Open door lunch or dinner. (A tradition during the Ludi Apollinares was to have lunch or dinner with open doors).
5 The Certamen Historicum will be about the Punic Wars. The questions will be displayed in two groups: one group of 10 questions on Monday 7th June evening, a second group of 15 questions on the evening of Tuesday 8th. The answers are to be sent to: praetores.novaroma2008@gmail.com Before - Thursday 10th 20:30 Rome time for Monday set; - Friday 11th 20:30 Rome time for Tuesday set. You can note that you have one additional day to answer the second group of questions, which counts more questions.
6 There will be a single jury for both contests. The members of the jury will be Consul T. Iulius Sabinus, Censor K. Fabius Buteo Modianus, and Aedile Curulis P. Memmius Albucius.
7 The winners of the Photo and Video Contest and the Certamen Historicum, will be presented with the Corona Ludi Humanitas. Being this year, consecrated to Dea Concordia, the year of Nova Roma’s 10th anniversary, the Praetores will exceptionally use the same award as in the Aedilician Ludi, to reinforce the concept of unity of all Nova Romans.
This Edictum takes force immediately.
Given by our hands, a.d. III Non. Quin. M. Moravio T. Iulio cos. MMDCCLXI a.V.c.
MARCVS CVRIATIVS COMPLVTENSIS PRÆTOR VRBANVS
MARCVS IVLIVS SEVERVS PRÆTOR PEREGRINVS
Opening Ceremony
In a brief but emotive ceremony, presided over by the Prætores of Nova Roma, the Ludi Apollinares were declared open yesterday, pr. Non. Quint. M. Moravio T. Iulio cos. MMDCCLXI a.V.c (July 6th, 2008)
I, Marcus Curiatius Complutensis, Prætor Urbanus, for myself and on the behalf of my colleague Marcus Iulius Severus, Prætor Peregrinus kindly ask you, Quirites, to join us and our Consuls, Magistrates and our whole Senate, to pray, with the support of our Collegium Pontificum and other religious officers, to the Great Apollo.
Come, O God, kind patron, come! May you favor us in your presence. O Sol, whose light embraces the world, you orbit inexhaustible, forever returning, your face glowing on each day, your horses harnessed as a team to drive your chariot, with manes braided pleasantly they rise high, passing over rose-red clouds as you rein their frothing fires. Apollo, may every good fortune attend the Roman people, the Quirites. We beg and pray that you may increase the sovereign power and majesty of the Roman people, the Quirites, in war and peace; as you have always watched over us. Forever may you grant safety, victory and health to the Roman people, the Quirites. May you bestow your favor on the Roman people, the Quirites, and on the legions of the Roman people, the Quirites. May you preserve the health and welfare of the people of Rome, the Quirites, and may you always remain willingly favorable and propitious to the people of Rome, the Quirites. May you be honored forever, and become favorable and propitious to the Roman people, the Quirites. Become favorable and propitious. An offering we gladly give You, Phoebus, a box of fragrant incense.
And last, allow me as Prætor Urbanus, to gladly announce to all the citizens of our Res publica:
Quirites, I declare our Ludi Apollinares open!
First Group of Questions
This is the first group of questions for the Certamen Historicum of the Ludi Apollinares MMDCCLXI:
1 How many Punic wars have been fought?
2 Which event has marked the approval of the treaty ending the First Punic War?
3 How many Punic boats did the Roman fleet sink and capture during the last sea battle?
4 How many quinqueremes did Rome (no less than) and Carthage (around) loose during the First Punic War?
5 Who were both generals in chief who negotiated the treaty closing the First Punic War?
6 Probably a few months after the end of the First Punic War, Carthage had to fight another war. What is its name?
7 A second treaty was signed between Carthage and Rome in 238 BC. What are its two main clauses?
8 How much Carthage accepted to give to Rome in war indemnities, before the beginning of the Second Punic War?
9 In which metal were counted these indemnities?
10 At July 4th, 2008 rate (London 1 kg), how much the whole indemnity evoked in question 9 would be worth in the current currency of the country where is Carthage (rounded at the closest 100,000 units)?
Answers
Observations
Second Group of Questions
Here is the second group of questions for the Certamen Historicum on the Punic Wars, within the Ludi Apollinares MMDCCLXI.
11 What is the relation between the generals in chief during the First and the Secod Punic Wars?
12 How old was the Carthaginian general in chief when the the Second Punic War begins?
13 The Second Punic War Carthaginian army has probably crossed the Rhône river not far towards a city where, later, were to stay popes. What is the name of this French city ?
14 The Second Punic War was a “war of brothers”: give the names of both generals. in chief's brothers.
15 Last June 2007, an internet publication, linked to Nova Roma issued an article on the battle of the Trebbia. What is the name of this publication?
16 What is the lexical and toponymic common point of the Punic victories won in Italy before 216 BC?
17 Give the average (Polybius, Livy) number of Romans who died in Cannae?
18 Several Mediterranean villages or cities still bear names formed around the punic root "mars/mers (for example, Mers-el-Kebir, Marsala, La Marsa, etc.). What does it mean?
19 How greater is the war indemnity that Carthage is forced to pay in 202 BC, compared to the First Punic War's one (rounded to 0.02)?
20 How died Sophonisbe?
21 One king “belonged” to Scipio triumph in 201-200 BC. Who was he ?
22 Hannibal honored a temple of Iuno Lacinia on Cape Lacinium, south of Crotone, during the Second Punic War. Before the Third Punic War, a Roman censor stole half its roof. Who was this censor and when did this happen?
23 He married his elder son to Scipio Aemilianus's sister. Who is he and when does he die?
24 Cádiz, as many Mediterranean important cities, was founded by Phoenicians (Punics). When, and what meant its Phoenician name, Gadir?
25 Another old trading renowned city was destroyed by Rome in 146 BC. What was its name?
