{"id":1498,"date":"2012-01-29T22:52:20","date_gmt":"2012-01-29T22:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/?p=1498"},"modified":"2014-08-21T17:37:31","modified_gmt":"2014-08-21T17:37:31","slug":"dates-in-latin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/latin\/dates-in-latin\/","title":{"rendered":"Roman calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

In the initial phase, which was a lunar calendar, the year was made \u200b\u200bup of ten months, each of which consisted of 29 days and a half. With the reform of Numa Pompilius the year started to be 355 days. The months of March, May, July and October had 31 days, February 28, and the remaining 29. In the year 153 BC. January became the first month of the year.<\/p>\n

In 46 BC. Julius Caesar asked to an Egyptian astronomer, Sosigenes, the calendar reform. The months of January, March, May, July, August, October and December had 31 days. April, June, September and November, 30 days and February 28 days. To accommodate the current year to the sun, Caesar ordered that every four years an extra day should be added: they are leap years, this day was added between 24 and 25 February.<\/p>\n

On the death of Julius Caesar, it was given in his honor the name of July to the month before called Quintilis, later Augustus gave his name to Sextilis.<\/p>\n

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DATES:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Of all the days of the month, only three had their own name: Kalendae<\/em><\/strong>, Nona<\/strong>e<\/em> and Idus<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Kalendae<\/strong><\/em> corresponded to the 1st day of each month.
\nThe Nonae<\/strong><\/em>could correspond, depending on the month, to day 5 or 7:<\/p>\n