01-16-2011, 03:43 PM
Ave Civitas,
I have answered my own question.
I believe that the Romans did not have names for the days of the week. Instead the days were identified by their relation to the three lunar occurances each month, the Kalends, the Nones and the Ides.
So, any day would either be:
The Kalends, The Nones, or The Ides.
If the day was the day before one of these three lunar occurances, then it was
Pridie Kalends, Pridie Nones, or Pridie Ides.
All other days were reported as days prior to those three lunar occurances:
Three days before the Kalends, Two days before the Nones, four days before the Ides.
Am I correct?
Thanks
I have answered my own question.
I believe that the Romans did not have names for the days of the week. Instead the days were identified by their relation to the three lunar occurances each month, the Kalends, the Nones and the Ides.
So, any day would either be:
The Kalends, The Nones, or The Ides.
If the day was the day before one of these three lunar occurances, then it was
Pridie Kalends, Pridie Nones, or Pridie Ides.
All other days were reported as days prior to those three lunar occurances:
Three days before the Kalends, Two days before the Nones, four days before the Ides.
Am I correct?
Thanks
AKA Tom Chelmowski
Historiae Eruditere (if that is proper Latin)
Historiae Eruditere (if that is proper Latin)