A Companion Roman Religion - Spiritual Minds

Figure 13.1

The Roman calendar before the reform of C. Iulius Caesar, as shown by the intercalatory month on the right

(Fasti Antiates maiores, reconstruction Rüpke 1995a: 40). The letters A to H on the left of every monthly column serve to follo

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the Roman week of eight days; K(alendae), Non(ae), and Eidus (“Ides”) structure every month and form the starting points forcounting days (January 2

=

ante diem IV Nonas Ianuarias). The letters F, C, and N indicate the juridical quality of the days (

dies

fasti

/comitiales

/

nefasti)

; NP indicates religious holidays,

feriae

. For these days festival names are given in abbreviated form:

AGO(nium, January 9); CAR(mentalia, 13th); LUPER(calia, February 15); QUIR(inalia, 17th); FERA(lia, 21st); TERMI(nalia,23rd); REGI(fugium, 24th); EQUIR(ria, 27th, March 14); LIBER(alia, 17th); QUIN(quatrus, 19th); TUBIL(ustrium, 23rd);Q(uando) R(ex) C(omitiavit) F(as, 24th); FORD(icidia, April 15); CERIA(lia, 19th); PARIL(ia, 21st); VINAL(ia, 23rd);ROBIG(alia, 25th); LEMUR(ia, May 9, 11, 13); AGON(ium, 21st); TUBIL(ustrium, 23rd); Q(uando) R(ex) C(omitiavit) F(as,24th); VEST(alia, June 9); MATR(alia, 11th); Q(uando) ST(ercus) D(elatum) F(as, 15th); POPLI(fugium, July 5); LUC(aria,19th, 21st); NEPT(unalia, 23rd); FURR(inalia, 25th); PORT(unalia, August 17); VINA(lia, 19th); CONS(ualia, 21st);VOLK(analia, 23rd); OPIC(onsivia, 25th); VOLT(urnalia, 27th); MEDI(trinalia, October 11); FONT(inalia, 13th);ARMI(lustrium, 19th); AGON(ium, December 11); CONS(ualia, 15th); SATUR(nalia, 17th); OPAL(ia, 19th); DIVAL(ia, 21st);LARE(ntalia, 23rd).