I. XVIII. Idus. XV.
16 XVI. XVII. XVII. Kal. XIV
17 XV. XVI. XVI. XIII.
18 XIV. XV. XV. XII.
19 XIII. XIV. XIV. XI.
20 XII. XIII. XIII. X.
21 XI. XII. XII. IX.
22 X. XI. XI. VIII.
23 IX. X. X. VII.
24 VIII. IX. IX. VI.
25 VII. VIII. VIII. V.
26 VI. VII. VII. IV.
27 V. VI. VI. III.
28 IV. V. V. Prid. Kal.
29 III. IV. IV. Martii.
30 Prid. Kal. III. III.
31 Mens. seq. Prid. Kal. Prid. Kal.
Mens. seq. Mens. seq.

CHAPTER XV.

_Roman Games._

The Roman Games formed a part of religious worship, and were always
consecrated to some god: they were either stated or vowed by generals in
war, or celebrated on extraordinary occasions; the most celebrated were
those of the circus.

Among them were first, chariot and horse races, of which the Romans were
extravagantly fond. The charioteers were distributed into four parties
or factions from the different colours of their dresses. The spectators
favored one or other of the colours, as humor or caprice inclined them.
It was not the swiftness of their horses, nor the art of the men that
inclined them, but merely the dress. In the times of Justinian, no less
than thirty thousand men are said to have lost their lives at
Constantinople, in a tumult raised by contention among the partizans of
the several colours.

The order in which the chariots or horses stood, was determined by lot,
and the person who presided at the games gave the signal for starting,
by dropping a cloth; then the chain of the _hermuli_ being withdrawn,
they sprung forward, and whoever first ran seven times round the course,
was declared the victor; he was then crowned, and received a prize in
money of considerable value.

Second; contests of agility and strength, of which there were five
kinds; running, leapin