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The calendar of the ancient Romans,
from which our modern calendars
are derived.
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. Numa
added two months, Januarius
at the beginning of the year,
and Februarius
at the end,
making in all 355 days.
He also ordered an intercalary month, Mercedinus,
to be inserted every second year.
Later the order of the months
was changed so
that January should come
before February.
Through abuse of power
by the pontiffs
to whose care it was committed,
this calendar fell into confusion.
It was replaced
by the Julian calendar.
In designating the days
of the month,
the Romans
reckoned backward from three fixed points,
the calends,
the nones,
and the ides.
The calends were always the first day of the month.
The ides fell on the 15th
in March,
May,
July ( Quintilis),
and October,
and on the 13th
in other months.
The nones came on the eighth day (
the ninth, counting
the ides)
before the ides.
Thus,
Jan. 13
was called the ides of January,
Jan. 12,
the day before the ides,
and Jan. 11,
the third day before the ides (
since the ides count
as one),
while Jan. 14
was the 19th
day before the calends of February.
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