Iliăci lud i

, games instituted by August us, in commemoration of the victory which he had obtained over Antony and Cleopatra. They are supposed to be the same as the Trojani lud i and the Actia ; and Virgil says they were celebrated by Æneas, and not because they were instituted at the time when he wrote his poem, but because he wished to compliment August us by making the founder of Lavinium solemnize games on the very spot which was, many centuries after, to be immortalized by the trophies of his patron. During these games were exhibited horse-races, and gymnastic exercises. Virgil , Æneid , bk. 3 , li. 280 .