funeral games

Reading notes

• The History of Rome, Book 23 §30 two-and-twenty pairs of gladiators

  Gladiatorial combats given in honour of the dead; the sons of Marcus Aemilius Lepidus gave three days of them with twenty-two pairs in the forum.

• The History of Rome, Book 31 §39 gladiatorial show

  The gladiatorial show (munus), a funeral honour for the dead; here given over four days for Valerius Laevinus.