This is the explanation according to Wikipedia. The Games were revived in 17 BC by Rome's first emperor Augustus. read more
The date was justified by a Sibylline oracle that called for the Games to be celebrated every 110 years, and a new reconstruction of the Games' Republican history which placed a first celebration in 456 BC.[13. However celebrating this festival played well with Augustus policy of Roman restoration, both civil and religious. read more
In-text: (The Fabrication of Tradition: Horace, Augustus and the Secular Games, 2001) Your Bibliography: The Fabrication of Tradition: Horace, Augustus and the Secular Games. (2001). read more