Ludi Romani

April 18, 2025
5:00 - 9:00 pm | USU Fieldhouse

Based on a religious festival in ancient Rome, Utah State’s Ludi Romani (Roman Games) is a role-playing game that reenacts the period of history between the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BCE and the Battle of Actium thirteen years later. Students, faculty and alumni assume the roles of senators, generals, kings and gods as they participate in a deadly struggle to become the most powerful person in Rome and answer the immortal question, “Is history inevitable?

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Here is a list of who is playing which role. Propitiate Prof. Damen (mark.damen@usu.edu) with an email citing your top three choices of roles to play and perhaps you may bend his implacable will. Offerings are welcome.

Mark Damen

Mark Damen

Professor


Logan (MAIN 307)
mark.damen@usu.edu

Game Highlights

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Roleplay the Ancients
From gods to ghosts, generals to senators, players take the role of the key shakers and movers in Roman society.

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Meet Alumni
Alumni return to the Ludi Romani every year. This is a fantastic opportunity for our former students to share with current students their insight on where a classics degree can take them.