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Название книги: Empire
Автор(ы): Steven Saylor
Жанр: Исторические приключения
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History is scarcely capable of preserving the memory of anything except myths.
- Gustave Le Bon, The Crowd




ROMAN MONTHS AND DAYS

The names of the Roman months were Januarius, Februarius, Martius, Aprilis, Maius, Junius, Julius (to honor Julius Caesar), Augustus (to honor Caesar Augustus), September, October, November, and December.
The first day of each month was called the Kalends. The Ides fell on the fifteenth day of Martius, Maius, Julius, and October, and on the thirteenth day of the other months. The Nones fell nine days before the Ides. The Romans reckoned dates by counting backward, inclusively, from the Kalends, Ides, or Nones. Thus, for example, the date we would call June 9 was called by the Romans the fifth day before the Ides of Junius.


PART I

LUCIUS

The Lightning Reader

AD 14

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