Pope Gregory reformed the European calendar in 1583 but we Brits didn't adopt it until 1752. the calendar jumped from Sept 2 to Sept 14. there were riots in London (the 11 day riots) because people thought the government had stolen 11 days of their lives
Thank you so much! I have my midterm tomorrow and could not understand this all semester. You also helped me so much with subjunctive! I am forever indebted to you.
I feel odd posting this now, given that the video is 8 years old, but I just wanted to mention that in Spanish the word for 'leap year' is "año *bisiesto*", and I just realized that "bisiesto" is derived from "bissextilis".
I like the way the Roman calendar makes use of the moon. They could probably see what date it was just by looking up at the sky. We break the year up into months but our months seem to have lost their moon origins. It's also quite handy knowing how many days are left till the month finishes.
Love the part when you sum things up; very helpful for listener! I'm learning Latin immersively, and this video made the Ancient Roman Calendar much more understandable for my blonde brain. 10/10!!
A very clear explanation. One question, in your example, pridie Non Oct, I assume that Non Oct is also in the accusative (pl)? It was interesting that you mentioned the Roman month reckoning system originated from a lunar calendar. In the Chinese calender (which uses a lunar system for determining months and a solar system for determining the year), there were also special names for the first day of the month (new moon), and the middle of the month (full moon). However, the Chinese used a very simple and straightforward way of numbering the days like the modern calendar, and not the complex counting system employed by the Romans.
Gratias tibi ago. Can I use just a small section of your tutorial for a similar video on the same topic, but in Italian? Can you give me your permissione? Please, answer this message!
The years were named and counted after kings, consuls and emperors before Claudius. The Romans used the AUC Ab Urbe Conditas year counting system introduced by Claudius in AD 48. The currently used AD Anno Domini year counting system was introduced only in AD 537 by Justinian. 1 AUC = 753 BC 753 AUC = 1 BC 754 AUC = AD 1 1000 AUC = AD 247 2771 AUC = AD 2018
Great explanation of the topic. Im currently learning Latin on my own, and im trying to keep a journal where I wrote what happened that day, or what i do, and I'm wanting to start putting the dates down. Do you know how I can write the dates in Latin based in iur current Gregorian calendar?
This was great minus the insert of opinion that this calendar didn't make sense. It made sense to them and you even stated how they calculated it. Doesn't matter if it makes sense to you or not in modern day.
The only 10 months calendar was introduced by Romolus. Januarius, Februarius and Mercedonius were introduced by Numa Pumpilius the second King of Rome in 713 BC. Mercedonius was eliminated by Julius Caesar in 46 BC.
Great content. I'm curious to know when did the romans start counting our gregorian year 1, set by the birth of Christ, as their first year as well. And what year were they at? When did they start counting years. Thanks
I like this so much. And I think their method is not so difficult to understand. I think we use it, not in days but in minutes, or hours. Example. -what time is it? -15 to 12. Or alternatively A quarter to twelve. I guess some things never change.
The Roman system of counting forward to the next key date forces the mind to plan forwards rather than look backwards as our system does. Does this make a difference , in my opinion yes. If you write a journal then start your day by writing the date ( AD V Kal. Decem ) using the Roman system . Amazingly your mind will immediately focus on what you have to do and how long you have to achieve this task .
I have a question: How do I conjugate other months of the year? Like october is octobribus. Is november novembribus? How about Martius? Is it Martibribus? Also how do I conjugate ides and kalends according to its use? Please answer me. I'm sorry for being ignorant. I want to know more. Thank you.
First, nouns aren't conjugated, they're declined. Second, the names of the months are declined according to the declensions to which they belong. Januarius, Feburarius, Martius, Majus, Junius, Julius, and Augustus are all second-declension masculines, so their genitives, for example, would be Januarii, Februrarii, Martii, Maii, Junii, Julii, and Augusti, respectively. Aprilis, September, October, November, and December are all third-declension nouns, so THEIR genitives would be Aprilis, Septembris, Octobris, Novembris, and Decembris, respectively. And since the names of the months are usually singular, you only need to worry about learning the nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, and ablative singular of each month's name. "Ides" is actually a Latin neuter singular noun of the fourth declension (Idus), so its forms follow that declension. "Kalends" is a singular feminine first-declension noun in Latin "Kalenda" so it follows that declension's pattern.
You're welcome, but I must correct one comment of mine. "Idus" ("Ides") is not a masculine singular noun of the second declension but a NEUTER singular noun of the FOURTH declension. Its forms, therefore, would be: idus, idus, idui, idum, idu.
King Numa Pompilius added Jan., and Feb., to the end of the year, not the beginning. It was the Roman Rep., made Jan., the first month of the Roman calendar year. More corrections, Numa's Roman calendar had a short year and a long year, one of 355 days and the long year of 377 days; the average between the two comes to 366 days. Feb., for both years was 28 days. You need to redo this.
Once I learned it I have grown to love the Roman dating system. It is probably too complicated, like you say, to use in the present conditions of the world but it is nice that we still have it. The Popes would occasionally date their encyclicals using the Roman dates even into the 20th century before everything got modernized in the Vatican.
I guess I don't understand your question. Often we see this dating system used when referring to specific dates, e.g., "on the fifth day before the Nones of November". If you're going to list out an entire month, for instance, then I would recommend that you do it as I do it at the end of the video (starting at 7:18), where you use the abbreviations, like a d VI Non Oct, then a d V Non Oct.
1:02 Āprīlis month name could come from the Etruscan Goddess of Beauty "Apru" which is the same as to "Aphrodite" in Greek and "Venus" in Roman Hellenism Religions
I was always taught there were originally only 10 months, hence the OCTOber and DECember, and that it became twelve when Caesar came into power and added the months of July (Julius) and August (Augustus) after him and his nephew
+Will Stanbridge Well, that's assuming that Romulus is real, and he isn't. What we do know is that the 12 month calendar ascribed to Numa (again, likely another made-up founder of Rome) did exist and was necessarily reformed by Julius Caesar. Roman origin stories in pre-literary time are often too good to be true and should be looked at skeptically, as tall tales, unless there is some evidence to back them up. Much of Rome's early history is fabrication, even the things we think should be accurate, like the list of consuls stretching back to 509 BC. It doesn't make much sense to have a 10 month year based on the lunar cycle with more than 50 intercalary days to make up the difference. And if Romulus did exist, I would expect him to be smarter than that.
The name of Februarius come from februum what means purification. The name of Aprilis means month of Venus from the etruscan language. The name of Venus is Apru in the etruscan language. The 13th month was Mercedonius - Work month - before the Julian reform between Februarius and Martius.
Funny how the Sun, Moon and stars repeat the same exact cycle every year...but mankind embarrassingly is the one constantly late and messing things up...that's what I learned from this video and other historical calendar videos.
They counted years from the mythical foundation of the city, 753 BCE -- this is called "ab urbe condita", AUC or "since the city was founded". The years were not called by their number, however, but by the consuls that were in office each year. So the year 44 BCE (or 710 AUC) would be called "C(aio) Iulio Caesare et M(arco) Antonio cons(ulibus)", "when Caesar and Mark Antony were consuls". This system was kept during the imperial period and only abolished in 541/542 AD by Emperor Justinian (he abolished the consulship altogether in that year). After that, years were counted as regnal years of the emperor, e.g. "in the fourteenth year of the reign of Justinian".
The Romans are just a romanized Trojan Epic type of hellish standard. Now open your Bibles, it's time for today's guilt. Lol. I learned that from the alphabet.
