Ancient Roman Calendars - September and October

Ancient Roman calendars went through a number of improvements. The Julian calendar reformed under Julius Caesar was already extremely similar to our own.

This image is an extract from an antique book of historical dates, numbers, inscriptions and astronomical events. Printed in Paris, France in 1763. "Tablettes Chronologiques de l'Histoire Universelle, Sacree et Prophane, Ecclesiastique et Civile, Depuis la Creation du Monde justqu'a l'an 1762." by Abbot Lenglet Dufresnoy. Book 1 : Ancient History.

The months of September and October were named after their original position in the Roman calendar: 7 and 8. Their name remains essentially unchanged even though their position in the modern calendar is actually 9 and 10!

 

 

 

 

 

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