Lusus Troiae
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The Lusus Troiae, also as Ludus Troiae and ludicrum Troiae was an equestrian event held in ancient Rome. It was among the ludi ("games"), celebrated at imperial funerals, temple foundings, or in honor of a military victory. The lusus was occasionally presented at the Saecular Games, but was not attached regularly to a particular religious festival.
Panel from the Gundestrup Cauldron sometimes interpreted as depicting an equestrian ritual of initiation
Drawing of an Etruscan oinochoë with a legend reading Truia, sometimes thought to depict the Troy Game
Detail of foot soldiers from the opposite side of the Truia wine-server
Ludi
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Ludi were public games held for the benefit and entertainment of the Roman people . Ludi were held in conjunction with, or sometimes as the major feature of, Roman religious festivals, and were also presented as part of the cult of state.
Chariot races, as depicted on this 2nd-century relief, were among the ludi presented at Roman religious festivals
Terracotta plaque (1st century) depicting a venatio, or human-animal blood sport
Octavian crowned as Augustus