Ceremonial Opening of the Ludi Novi Romani

The Ludi Novi Romani are held for 15 days for the celebration of the Concordialia, the founding anniversary festival of Nova Roma. This year Nova Roma celebrates its 24th birthday. The Concordialia were opened by festive speeches by both consuls, and by a religious ritual and sacrifice' to Concordia and to the chief deities by both aediles curules, M. Cotta Iovius and A. Vitellius. Still on the Kalends of March, the chief Concordia-ritual was performed by praetor C. Cornelius Barosus and pontifex, priest of Concordia, quaestor and praefectus rei publicae Cn. Cornelius Lentulus, followed by a ceremonial opening speech of the games by the senior aedilis curulis M. Cotta which you can read below:

Aedilician Opening Speech

M. Aurelius Cotta Iovius aedilis curulis SPD

Avete, Citizens of Nova Roma,

Nova Roma is 24 years old today. Nova Roma is starting its 25th year today to complete its first quarter of a century next year this day. Let m to invite you all to participate in the Ludi Novi Romani, or also called Ludi Concordiales, to honor Concordia and our own community. The games will run between March 1-15.

My colleague aedilis curulis A. Vitellius Celsus and I are in charge of this ludi, and we hope to give you enough Roman themed online entertainment during this celebration.

Today at 18:00 in Aquincum we will hold a big Roman party and ceremony to celebrate our 24th anniversary, with praetor C. Cornelius Barosus, pontifex and quaestor Cn. Cornelius Lentulus, tribune of plebs Caecilia Sabina, and with Nova Romans of the Ludus Gladiatorum, Legio XXI Rapax, Colonia Rostallo, and possibly other Nova Roman groups will be present.

You all will be represented by us and will be present by us.

We are one spirit, one soul, one New Rome. Long live Nova Roma!

With this I officially opening the XXIV Anniversary Ludi Novi Romani in the name of the aedilician office. I have just perfomed the Opening Ritual of the Ludi Novi Romani at my home altar in the previous minutes. Please see it in the APPENDIX below.

Happy Ludi Novi Romani!

M. Aurelius Cotta Iovius

AEDILIS CURULIS

Programs of the Ludi Novi Romani

Ludi Scaenici: Theater Play Tribute Live

Hosted by C. Petronius Stephanus Turpilianus, quaestor

COMING SOON

Munera Gladiatoria Live

Hosted by C. Aurelius Cotta Iovius, aedilis curulis

Aedilis curulis M. Aurelius Cotta Iovius (Weixelbaum János) is presenting Live Gladiatorial Games With Betting For The Winner for the 24th Anniversary of Nova Roma, from archive footage, for the current LUDI NOVI ROMANI, Nova Roman Anniversary Games. There will be two rounds of fights, this is the first. MAKE YOUR BETS, and win Census Points in Nova Roma as a prize! Aedilis curulis M. Aurelius Cotta Iovius offers you for these current Ludi Novi Romani, a LIVE GLADIATORIAL GAME, held in fact some years ago, however, made from footage that has never been published previously! The aedilis M. Cotta is the lanista of the Familia Gladiatoria Pannonica, and he offers you the fight of Felicianus, the retiarius, and Romanus, the scissor. What is special in these gladiatorial games, that the ENDING IS MISSING from the fight. The result is still open, and YOU ARE INVITED TO MAKE YOUR BETS! Aedilis M. Cotta offers you two fights for the current Ludi Novi Romani, the second will be presented some days later. The betting player who makes the most accurate bets, or if there are more players who make equally accurate bets, one of them chosen by lot, will receive the prize: 3 Census Points for the best betting participant, 2 CP for the second best, and 1 CP for the third best. HOW CAN YOU PARTICIPATE? Watch this munera gladiatoria video of the Familia Gladiatoria Pannonica in which praetor FELICIANUS, the retiatius (half-naked with a net and trident) and ROMANUS, the scissor (full armor with built in dagger) will fight in honor of the current Ludi Novi Romani. After watching it, make your bets on the following TWO THINGS: • (1) Who will win the fight, FELICIANUS or ROMANUS? • (2) What will be the fate of the loser, "life" or "death"? Write your bets in comment to the this post (or in the mailing forum of Nova Roma).

WATCH THE LIVE GLADIATOR FIGHT FOR BETTING ON FACEBOOK

Certamen Latinum - "Latin for Email" Contest

Hosted by Cn. Cornelius Lentulus, scriba, quaestor

For these ludi, we are coming up with a very simple Latin contest for beginners about how to use essential Latin in our email and chat communication with our fellow Nova Romans. The purpose of this certamen is to teach you how to use basic elementary Latin in your communications with your fellow citizens. Test yourself, and learn what all of us should know! It will be simple and fun! Start right now! Remember, by participating in the ludi, you are performing an act of sacrifice: you can ask anything from Concordia and the other celebrated deities any thing you want, in exchange! Let's start! Details, questions, rules and everything is here, click on the link:

• ALL QUESTIONS OF THE CERTAMEN LATINUM on the Forum of Nova Roma

Ipse Dixit Quiz

Hosted by P. Annaeus Constantinus Placidus, scriba

Below here you will find the links to the questions for the new LUDI MEGALENSES edition of the long running quiz IPSE DIXIT, a linguistic and cultural challenge based on Latin quotations - famous and relatively obscure, literary and poetical, classical and modern - all kinds! Each item will feature questions, and each question will feature a score. The challenge is, of course, scoring as many points as possible. So, citizens, join us in our journey along the illustrious linguistic footsteps of our ancestors and not only, for a bit of fun and - why not? - a bit of learning as well. You can access all quiz questions for these ludi here:

• ALL QUESTIONS OF IPSE DIXIT on the Forum of Nova Roma