The Calendar of Ancient Rome



The Calendar of Ancient Rome   | |To calculate dates as one did in ancient Rome, use the following formula:

|Kalendae |The 1st of each month (Kalends in English). |

|Nonae |The 5th of all but 4 months. (Nones in English) |

| |The 7th in March, May, July and October |

|Idus |The13 th of all but 4 months (Ides in English) |

| |The 15th in March, May, July and October |

Any date that does not fall on the Kalends, Nones or Ides is calculated by counting the number of days between that day and the nearest of the three target days.

The months are considered adjectives which agree with the target days of :

kalendae (f.-1st declension)

nonae (f.-1st declension)

idus(f.-4th declension)

|E.G. Sept 5 - Nonae Septembres |

|Sept 4 - Pridie Nonas Septembres |

|The day before one of the target days is called |

|pridie nonas, pridie idus or pridie kalendas. |

|Sept. 2 - ante diem iv Nones Septembres |

|One needs to count : Sept. 2 + Sept. 3 + Sept. 4 + Sept. 5 = 4 days. |

|You therefore write that Sept. 2 comes 4 days before Sept. 5, counting both the 2nd and the 5th in your calculation. Use the |

|term, before the day-ante diem- to indicate the count. |

To express the day before a target date: Pridie + accusative case

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