roman calendar

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calendar used by the ancient Romans
The lunar calendar used by the ancient Romans until the introduction of the Julian calendar in 46
It is said to have consisted originally of ten months, Martius, Aprilis, Maius, Junius, Quintilis, Sextilis, September, October, November, and December, having a total of 304 days
The calendar of the ancient Romans, from which our modern calendars are derived
In designating the days of the month, the Romans reckoned backward from three fixed points, the calends, the nones, and the ides
The nones came on the eighth day (the ninth, counting the ides) before the ides
Numa added two months, Januarius at the beginning of the year, and Februarius at the end, making in all 355 days
12, the day before the ides, and Jan
The ides fell on the 15th in March, May, July (Quintilis), and October, and on the 13th in other months
Through abuse of power by the pontiffs to whose care it was committed, this calendar fell into confusion
11, the third day before the ides (since the ides count as one), while Jan
the lunar calender in use in ancient Rome; replaced by the Julian calendar in 46 BC
Later the order of the months was changed so that January should come before February
14 was the 19th day before the calends of February
13 was called the ides of January, Jan
It was replaced by the Julian calendar
The calends were always the first day of the month
Thus, Jan
He also ordered an intercalary month, Mercedinus, to be inserted every second year
roman calendar

    Hyphenation

    ro·man cal·en·dar

    Turkish pronunciation

    rōmın kälındır

    Pronunciation

    /ˈrōmən ˈkaləndər/ /ˈroʊmən ˈkæləndɜr/
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