Transvectio equitum

The Transvectio equitum (English: "review of the cavalry") was a parade of the young men (iuventus) of the Roman equestrian class (equites) that took place annually on 15 July.

Dionysius of Halicarnassus[1] states that the procession began at the Temple of Mars in Clivo situated along the Via Appia some two kilometers outside the Porta Capena.

[5] The emperor Augustus revived the ancient ceremony, combining it with a recognitio equitum or probatio equitum in order to scrutinize the character of the equestrians themselves.

[6] Epigraphic evidence indicates that some boys participated in the rite at quite a young age.

[7][8] It is likely that a close connection may be drawn between the transvectio equitum and the Lusus Troiae.