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Calendar of the Roman Republic

This book reconstructs the pre-Julian calendar of Rome on the basis of epigraphical and literary evidence, and analyzes its relation to the solar and lunar years. Mrs. Michels shows how the varied contents of the calendar were related to the political as well as to the religious life of Rome of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Michels, Agnes Kirsopp
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton University Press, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Abbreviations
  • Part I. The Calendar of the First Century B.C.
  • 1. The Pre-Julian Calendar
  • 2. The Characters of the Days in the Calendar of the First Century B.C.
  • 3. Dies Comitiales and Dies Fasti
  • 4. Dies Nefasti and NP
  • 5. Nundinal Letters and Nundinae
  • Part II. The History of the Republican Calendar
  • 6. From the First to the Fourth Century B.C.
  • 7. The Fifth Century B.C.
  • Appendix 1. Roman Intercalation
  • Appendix 2. The Characters of the Days
  • Appendix 3. Nundinae and the Trinum Nundinum
  • Appendix 4. The Dating of the Calendar
  • Index