[image ALT: Much of my site will be useless to you if you've got the images turned off!]

p471 Equiria

Unsigned article on p471 of

William Smith, D.C.L., LL.D.:
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, John Murray, London, 1875.

EQUI′RIA, horse-races, which are said to have been instituted by Romulus in honour of Mars, and were celebrated in the Campus Martius (Festus, s.v.; Varro, de Ling. Lat. VI.13, Müller). There were two festivals of this name; of which one was celebrated a. d. III. Cal. Mart., and the other prid. Id. Mart. (Ovid, Fast. II.859, II.519). If the Campus Martius was overflowed by the Tiber, the races took place on a part of the Mons Coelius, which was called from that circumstance the Martialis Campus (Festus, s.v. Mart. Campus).

Images with borders lead to more information.
The thicker the border, the more information. (Details here.)

UP TO:

Smith's Dictionary:
Religion

Smith's
Dictionary

LacusCurtius

Home

A page or image on this site is in the public domain ONLY if its URL has a total of one *asterisk. If the URL has two **asterisks, the item is copyright someone else, and used by permission or fair use. If the URL has none the item is © Bill Thayer.

p471 Equiria

Unsigned article on p471 of

William Smith, D.C.L., LL.D.: A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, John Murray, London, 1875.

William Smith, D.C.L., LL.D.:
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, John Murray, London, 1875.