Note 38 — TRANSLATION
Clayton Morris Hall translation
9.[38] The plays and games (Cic., Fam. 12, 18, 2; Livy, Epit., 115; Dio 43, 22-24; App. 2, 102; Plut., Caes., 55; Suet., Aug., 39; Vell. 2, 56) were given immediately after Caesar’s dedication of the temple to Venus Genetrix on September 26, (= July 20 corrected calendar) 46 B.C. Augustus continued these games annually as the ‘ludi Victoriae Caesaris’ on July 25. Vergil seems to have them in mind in writing Aeneid 5 and Catalepton 14, see Class. Quart. 14, p. 156. The ludi Romani and ludi Graeci were given separately (Suet., Aug. 45; Tac., Annal. 14, 15). See also CIL 6, 32323; Dessau, Ins. Lat., 5050, an account of the Ludi Saeculares of 17 B.C. In addition to the Theatre of Pompey, a temporary wooden stage was erected for the ludi Latini in 46 B.C. as in 17 B.C. (line 154 of the inscription).