Uk English Meaning of roman calendar
Roman calendar
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Nearest Words of roman calendar
- roman candle => Roman candle
- roman catholic => Roman Catholic
- roman catholic church => Roman Catholic Church
- roman catholic pope => Roman Catholic Pope
- roman catholicism => Roman Catholicism
- roman church => Roman Church
- roman collar => Roman collar
- roman coriander => Roman coriander
- roman deity => Roman deity
- roman emperor => Roman emperor
Definitions and Meaning of roman calendar in English
roman calendar (n)
the lunar calendar in use in ancient Rome; replaced by the Julian calendar in 46 BC
roman calendar ()
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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Roman calendar
the lunar calendar in use in ancient Rome; replaced by the Julian calendar in 46 BCThe calendar of the ancient Romans, from which our modern calendars are deriv
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roman building => Roman building, roman basilica => Roman basilica, roman architecture => Roman architecture, roman arch => Roman arch, roman alphabet => Roman alphabet,
