Quinquennial Neronia

The quinquennial Neronia was a massive

Emperor Nero. It consisted of three parts: first music, oratory and poetry, second gymnastics and the last horseriding

These games followed a tradition set by Julius Caesar and Augustus of having celebratory games to mark the anniversary of their reign.

The Neronia were a

quinquennial event, which in this case wasn't counted inclusively but exclusively as the event took place every five years. The first Neronia was held in 60, 6 years after Nero's accession in 54, the second in 65. Nero's death and damnatio memoriae

prevented a third installment.

References

Suetonius, The Lives of Twelve Caesars, Life of Nero 12
Tacitus, "Life of Lucanus", The Lives of the Poets
Annals XIV.20 and XVI.2, and Cassius Dio, Roman History LXI.21.