Quinquennial Neronia
Roman festival
The quinquennial Neronia was a massive Greek-style festival created by the Roman Emperor Nero. It consisted of three parts: first music, oratory and poetry, second gymnastics and the last horseriding.
These games followed a tradition set by Julius Caesar and Augustus of having celebratory games to mark the anniversary of their reign.
The Neronia were a quinquennial event, which in this case wasn't counted inclusively but exclusively as the event took place every five years. The first Neronia was held in 60, 6 years after Nero's accession in 54, the second in 65. Nero's death and damnatio memoriae prevented a third installment.
References
- Suetonius, The Lives of Twelve Caesars, Life of Nero 12
- Tacitus, "Life of Lucanus", The Lives of the Poets
- Annals XIV.20 and XVI.2, and Cassius Dio, Roman History LXI.21.
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