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The Autumnal Equinox: Astronomy in Rome Posted by on Sep 27, 2016

Salvete Omnes! We’re now officially into Fall! So let’s take a closer look at the Latin and Classical History behind the Autumnal Equinox. The Equinox You may have heard that the first day of Fall is marked by the “equinox” at some point in your life, you may have learned what it was, but then…

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Roman calendar Posted by on Jan 29, 2012

Roman calendar

The calendar we use nowadays corresponds with very light variations, to the one that Julius Caesar used. However, in the history of the Roman calendar we can distinguish three stages: initial, Numa Pompilius’ reform, and the reform of Julius Caesar. In the initial phase, which was a lunar calendar, the year was made ​​up of…

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