Names of the days?

[Caius Fabius]

Most of my books are in temporary storage, but I had a student ask me a question I can't answer off the top of my head. Modern people have a 7 day week, like the Jewish week, but Romans had an 8 day week, Did they have weekday names and what were they? <p></p><i></i>

[richsc]

I didn't think the days had specific names; rather, they were relative to certain other days, like the calends. Try the Roman Calendar website:<br>
www.personal.psu.edu/user...nCalendar/<br>
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or this one with nifty illustrations<br>
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webexhibits.org/calendars...roman.html <p>Legio XX Caupona Asellinae</p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p088.ezboard.com/bromancivtalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=richsc>Richsc</A> at: 2/3/05 12:08 pm<br></i>

[Caius Fabius]

Thank you Rich, that's what I also thought, I guess the whole naming the days thing is a Teutonic thing , or something, especially with the names of the days.... <p></p><i></i>

[Carlton Bach]

IIRC the late Romans had day names. I'm not sure how far these go back to Jewish/Christian or Middle Eastern influences or how 'Germanic' they are, but they certainly have pagan classical deities attached.<br>
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[Carlton Bach]

I did a re-check on the deity-based day names. Numerous graffiti from Pompeii use them, so they are definitely pre-79 AD. They are notably absent from any kind of official pronouncements, though. <p></p><i></i>