The calendar of the Roman Republic / by Agnes Kirsopp Michels.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Michels, Agnes Kirsopp, author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Calendar, Roman.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1967.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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 first century B.C. She traces the history of the calendar back to the fifth century, indicating the stages by which a single list of festivals may have developed into the complex document of the late republic. The Roman method of intercalation, the character of the days, and the history of the trinum nundinum are presented in appendices.Originally published in 1967.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780691649603

069164960X

9781400849789

1400849780

OCLC:

966762193