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King of the Ring (1997)
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King of the Ring (1997)
Promotional poster showcasing (clockwise from top left) Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker, Ahmed Johnson and Stone Cold Steve Austin
Tagline(s)
It's Bound to Get Medieval. Brace Yourself
Information
Promotion
World Wrestling Federation
Sponsor(s)
Super Soaker
Date
June 8, 1997
Attendance
9,312
Venue
Providence Civic Center
City
Providence, Rhode Island
Pay-per-view chronology
In Your House 15: A Cold Day in Hell King of the Ring (1997) In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede
King of the Ring chronology
King of the Ring (1996) King of the Ring (1997) King of the Ring (1998)
King of the Ring (1997) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It was the fifth annual King of the Ring event and took place on June 8, 1997, at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island.
The main event was a standard wrestling match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. The Undertaker defeated Faarooq to retain the title. The undercard included the 1997 King of the Ring tournament, won by Hunter Hearst Helmsley.[1] Other matches on the undercard included Shawn Michaels versus Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Hart Foundation (Owen Hart, The British Bulldog, and Jim Neidhart) versus Sycho Sid and The Legion of Doom in a six-man tag team match and Goldust versus Crush.[2]
Contents
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1 Background
2 Event
2.1 Preliminary matches
2.2 Main event matches
3 Aftermath
4 Results
4.1 Tournament brackets
5 References
6 External links
Background[edit]
King of the Ring consisted of professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing feuds, plots, and storylines that were played out on Raw Is War—World Wrestling Federation's (WWF) main television program. Wrestlers portrayed a villain or a hero as they followed a series of events that built tension, and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[3]
The pay-per-view event included the annual King of the Ring single elimination bracket tournament. The tournament started on the May 12, 1997, episode of Raw is War, with Ahmed Johnson defeating Hunter Hearst Helmsley in the first quarter-final match by disqualification.[1][4] On the May 19 episode of Raw is War, Helmsley got another spot in the tournament because he was not properly instructed before his match with Johnson and thus threatened to sue WWF with legal action. He replaced the Vader, who was originally scheduled to wrestle Crush but had been injured in a No Holds Barred match against Ken Shamrock at In Your House 15: A Cold Day in Hell. Helmsley defeated Crush and advanced to the semi-finals.[1][5] On the May 26 episode of Raw is War, Jerry Lawler defeated Goldust in the third quarter-final match.[1][6] The final quarter-final match was held on the June 2 episode of Raw is War, as Mankind defeated Savio Vega.[1][7]
The predominant rivalry heading into the event was between The Undertaker and Faarooq over Undertaker's WWF World Heavyweight Championship. On the May 12 episode of Raw is War, The Undertaker had nearly defeated Faarooq's Nation of Domination teammate Savio Vega in a non-title match until Faarooq interfered and attacked The Undertaker.[4] On the May 31 episode of Shotgun, Faarooq, Crush, and Vega defeated The Undertaker, Mankind, and Vader in a six-man tag team match.[8] It would eventually lead to a title match between Undertaker and Faarooq at King of the Ring.
Another predominant rivalry heading into the event was between Stone Cold Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels. On the May 26 episode of Raw is War, Austin and Michaels defeated Owen Hart and British Bulldog to win the WWF Tag Team Championship. However, after the title win, Austin went to fight Bret Hart and Michaels was attacked by the rest of The Hart Foundation, which created jealousy between the new champions.[6] On the June 2 episode of Raw is War, Austin and Michaels began fighting each other during a title defense against the Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal). This led to a match between Austin and Michaels at King of the Ring to determine the captain of the team.[7]
Event[edit]
Before the event aired live on pay-per-view, The Headbangers (Mosh and Thrasher) wrestled Bart Gunn and Jesse James on Free For All. Headbangers hit Gunn with a Powerbomb Diving Leg Drop Combo, which they called Stage Dive and pinned Gunn to win the match.[2]
Preliminary matches[edit]
Hunter Hearst Helmsley won the 1997 King of the Ring tournament.
As the show began, the semi-final round of the King of the Ring tournament started with Hunter Hearst Helmsley taking on Ahmed Johnson. Johnson dominated most of the match and had nearly won the match until Helmsley's female bodyguard Chyna climbed the apron and distracted Johnson. Helmsley took advantage and hit Johnson with a Double Underhook Facebuster, which he calls Pedigree for the victory.
In the next semi-final match, Mankind wrestled Jerry Lawler. The match occurred outside the ring on many occasions. Lawler tried to finish the match by attempting a Piledriver on Mankind. However, Mankind reversed it into a Mandible claw, forcing Lawler to submit to the hold.[1][9]
The third match was between Goldust and Crush. During the match, Crush's teammate D'Lo Brown tried to interfere on his behalf by attacking Goldust but was thwarted off. Goldust hit Crush with a DDT and pinned him for the victory.
Next was a six-man tag team match pitting The Hart Foundation (Owen Hart, The British Bulldog, and Jim Neidhart) against Sid and The Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal). Sid tried to finish the match with a Powerbomb on Bulldog. However, Owen Hart, who was the legal man, took advantage and pinned Sid with a Sunset Flip for the victory.[9]
Main event matches[edit]
The fifth match was the tournament final of the 1997 King of the Ring between Mankind and Hunter Hearst Helmsley. Mankind dominated the match but Chyna's interference in the match prevented Mankind from winning. Helmsley hit Mankind with a Pedigree on the broadcast table outside the ring, followed by Chyna hitting a scepter in Mankind's back. Helmsley threw Mankind into the ring and performed another Pedigree to pin Mankind for the victory. As a result, Helmsley won the 1997 King of the Ring tournament. However, Helmsley broke his King of the Ring crown by smashing it in Mankind's back. After the match, Bret Hart issued an open challenge to any five American wrestlers to wrestle him and his Hart Foundation at In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede.[1][9]
Next was a Singles match between the WWF Tag Team Champions Shawn Michaels and Stone Cold Steve Austin to determine the team captain. The referee was knocked out during the match. Austin hit Michaels with a Three-Quarter Facelock Jawbreaker, which he calls Stone Cold Stunner. He picked up the referee and hit him too with a Stone Cold Stunner. This gave Michaels time to recover who hit Austin with a Superkick, which he called Sweet Chin Music and tried to pin Austin. A second referee came out in the match but instead of counting the pinfall for Michaels, he checked on the first referee. This angered Michaels and he attacked the replacement referee. The third referee Earl Hebner came in and disqualified both Austin and Michaels for attacking the referees. As a result, the match resulted in a double disqualification but Michaels and Austin continued to fight with each other.[9]
The Undertaker defended the WWF World Heavyweight Championship against Faarooq at King of the Ring.
The main event was between The Undertaker and Faarooq for the WWF Championship. Due to numerous interferences by Nation of Domination, Faarooq was able to dominate the match. However, late into the match, Crush and Savio Vega began arguing with each other which distracted Faarooq. Faarooq left the ring to investigate. This gave Undertaker time to regain his momentum. Undertaker hit Faarooq with a Tombstone Piledriver, and pinned him to retain the title. After the match, Ahmed Johnson made a run-in and argued with Undertaker. The argument ended with Johnson hitting Undertaker with a Sitout Double Underhook Powerbomb, which he called Pearl River Plunge.[9]
Aftermath[edit]
Following Ahmed Johnson's attack on The Undertaker at King of the Ring, Johnson and The Undertaker were teamed together for a tag team match against Faarooq and Kama Mustafa on the June 16 episode of Raw is War. Johnson turned on The Undertaker during the match, allowing Kama to pin The Undertaker for the victory. As a result, Johnson became a villain and ended his rivalry with Faarooq's Nation of Domination by joining the faction.[10]
After losing the WWF World Heavyweight Championship match at King of the Ring due to an argument between his teammates, Crush and Savio Vega, Faarooq fired them from the Nation of Domination and converted it into a faction of black wrestlers, leading to a racial gang war as the White American Crush formed Disciples of Apocalypse (DOA) and the Hispanic Vega formed Los Boricuas. The Nation, DOA, and Los Boricuas battled each other throughout 1997.[11][12][13]
As a result of Hunter Hearst Helmsley defeating Mankind to win the King of the Ring tournament, Mankind and Helmsley feuded with each other for several months.[14][15] After ending his rivalry with Mankind and his alter ego, Dude Love, Helmsley found immediate success by forming the comedic faction D-Generation X with Shawn Michaels, Chyna and Rick Rude.[16]
Results[edit]
No.
Results[1][2][17]
Stipulations
Times
1F
The Headbangers (Mosh and Thrasher) defeated Bart Gunn and Jesse James[2] Tag team match 06:10
2
Hunter Hearst Helmsley (with Chyna) defeated Ahmed Johnson King of the Ring semi-final match 07:42
3
Mankind defeated Jerry Lawler King of the Ring semi-final match 10:24
4
Goldust (with Marlena) defeated Crush (with Clarence Mason and D'Lo Brown) Singles match 09:56
5
The Hart Foundation (The British Bulldog, Jim Neidhart and Owen Hart) defeated The Legion of Doom (Animal and Hawk) and Sycho Sid Six-man tag team match 13:37
6
Hunter Hearst Helmsley (with Chyna) defeated Mankind King of the Ring final match 19:26
7
Shawn Michaels vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin ended in a double disqualification Singles match 22:29
8
The Undertaker (c) (with Paul Bearer) defeated Faarooq (with Crush, Clarence Mason, D'Lo Brown and Savio Vega) Singles match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship 13:43
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
F – indicates the match was broadcast prior to the pay-per-view on Free for All
Tournament brackets[edit]
The tournament was held between May 12 and June 8, 1997. The tournament brackets were:
Quarterfinals (TV) Semifinals (PPV) Final (PPV)
Ahmed Johnson DQ
Hunter Hearst Helmsley 03:25
Ahmed Johnson Pin
Hunter Hearst Helmsley 07:42
Hunter Hearst Helmsley1 Pin
Crush 18:56
Hunter Hearst Helmsley Pin
Mankind 19:28
Goldust Pin
Jerry Lawler 11:55
Jerry Lawler Sub
Mankind 10:24
Mankind Pin
Savio Vega 14:35
1. ^ Helmsley was allowed another spot in the tournament because he was not properly instructed prior to his match with Ahmed Johnson the previous week that he could be eliminated via disqualification and thus threatened the WWF with legal action; Vader was originally in this spot but sustained a broken nose after his No Holds Barred match with Ken Shamrock at In Your House: A Cold Day in Hell on May 11. This gave Helmsley the opportunity to fill in the vacant space and face Crush. Vader fought Ahmed on the May 26 episode of Raw Is War for his spot, but lost.[18]
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h "King of the Ring 1997 Tournament Brackets". Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. May 12 – June 8, 2000. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
^ Jump up to: a b c d "King of the Ring 1997 results". Online World of Wrestling. June 8, 1997. Archived from the original on August 12, 2010. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
Jump up ^ "Live & Televised Entertainment of World Wrestling Entertainment". World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on November 18, 2013. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
^ Jump up to: a b "WWF Raw Report". The Other Arena. May 12, 1997. Archived from the original on May 30, 2003. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
Jump up ^ "WWF Raw Report". The Other Arena. May 19, 1997. Archived from the original on May 30, 2003. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
^ Jump up to: a b "WWF Raw is War Report". The Other Arena. May 26, 1997. Archived from the original on March 9, 2003. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
^ Jump up to: a b "WWF Raw is War Report". The Other Arena. June 2, 1997. Archived from the original on May 30, 2003. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
Jump up ^ "WWF Shotgun 1997 Results". The History of WWE. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e "King of the Ring 1997 Results". Complete WWE. June 8, 1997. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
Jump up ^ "WWF Raw Report". The Other Arena. June 16, 1997. Archived from the original on September 4, 2001. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
Jump up ^ "Wrestler Profiles: Savio Vega". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
Jump up ^ "Wrestler Profiles: Crush". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
Jump up ^ "Nation of Domination – FAQ". WrestleView. Retrieved August 29, 2010.
Jump up ^ "Wrestler Profiles: Hunter Hearst Helmsley". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
Jump up ^ "Wrestler Profiles: Mankind". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
Jump up ^ "Tag Team Profiles: D-Generation X". Online World of Wrestling. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
Jump up ^ "King of the Ring 1997 results". Wrestling Supercards and Tournaments. June 8, 1997. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
Jump up ^ "WWF Raw: May 26, 1997". Archived from the original on March 9, 2003.
External links[edit]
King of the Ring 1997 at Online World of Wrestling
WWF King of the Ring 1997 at Complete WWE
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John Carroll Lynch
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John Carroll Lynch
Lynch in 2017
Born
(1963-08-01) August 1, 1963 (age 54)
Boulder, Colorado, US
Alma mater
The Catholic University of America
Occupation
Actor, film director
Years active
1986–present
Spouse(s)
Brenda Wehle (m. 1997)
John Carroll Lynch (born August 1, 1963)[1][2] is an American actor and director. He first gained notice for his role as Norm Gunderson in Fargo. He is also known for his television work on the ABC sitcom The Drew Carey Show as the title character's cross-dressing brother, Steve Carey, as well as on American Horror Story: Freak Show and American Horror Story: Cult as Twisty the Clown. His films include Face/Off, Gran Torino, Shutter Island, Ted 2, The Invitation, and Zodiac. Most recently, he portrayed McDonald's co-founder Maurice McDonald in The Founder. He made his directorial debut with the 2017 film Lucky.
Contents
[hide]
1 Early life
2 Career
3 Personal life
4 Filmography
4.1 Film
4.2 Television
5 Awards and nominations
6 References
7 External links
Early life[edit]
Lynch was born August 1, 1963, in Boulder, Colorado.[1] He attended Regis Jesuit High School in Denver. He studied theater at The Catholic University of America, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1986.[3]
Career[edit]
Lynch was a member of the Guthrie Theater company. He starred in several productions, toured with the company and worked there for over eight seasons.[4][5]
Lynch made his feature film debut in Grumpy Old Men (1993). He gained notice starring as Norm Gunderson in the Coen brothers' film Fargo (1996). His other notable films are Face/Off (1997), Bubble Boy (2001), Gothika (2003), Things We Lost in the Fire (2007), Gran Torino (2008), Shutter Island (2010), Paul (2011) and Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011). He portrayed Arthur Leigh Allen in Zodiac (2007) and the first establisher of McDonald's, Mac McDonald, in The Founder (2016).
Lynch has an extensive career in television. He appeared in ABC sitcom The Drew Carey Show as the title character's cross-dressing brother, Steve Carey. He has also been a regular cast member on series such as Close to Home, Carnivàle, Body of Proof and Seasons 4, 5 and 7 of American Horror Story.
Personal life[edit]
Lynch has been married to actress Brenda Wehle since 1997.[6]
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1993 Grumpy Old Men Moving Man
1995 The Cure Skipper #1 Credited as John Lynch
1996 Beautiful Girls Frank Womack
1996 Fargo Norm Gunderson
1996 Feeling Minnesota Cop
1997 Volcano Stan Olber
1997 Face/Off Prison Guard Walton
1998 Mercury Rising Martin Lynch
1998 The Naked Man Sticks' Driver
1998 Restaurant John English
1999 Anywhere but Here Jack Irwin
1999 Pushing Tin Doctor Freeze
1999 Freak Weather Ed
2000 Gone in 60 Seconds Impound Manager Uncredited
2001 Bubble Boy Mr. Livingston
2002 The Good Girl Jack Field
2002 Bug Wallace Gregory
2002 Three Days of Rain Dinner Guest
2003 Gothika Sheriff Ryan
2003 Confidence Leon Ashby
2004 Catch That Kid Mr. Hartmunn
2005 Mozart and the Whale Gregory
2005 Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World Stewart
2007 Full of It Mr. Leonard
2007 Zodiac Arthur Leigh Allen
2007 Things We Lost in the Fire Howard Glassman
2008 Gran Torino Barber Martin
2009 Love Happens Walter
2010 Sympathy for Delicious Evangelist Carroll
2010 Shutter Island Deputy Warden McPherson
2010 Hesher Larry
2011 Paul Moses Buggs
2011 Crazy, Stupid, Love. Bernie Riley
2012 Lay the Favorite Dave Greenberg
2013 The Pretty One Frank
2014 Camp X-Ray Col. James Drummond
2015 Hot Pursuit Captain Emmett
2015 Ted 2 Tom Jessup
2015 The Invitation Pruitt
2016 Miracles from Heaven Pastor Scott
2016 Jackie Lyndon B. Johnson
2016 The Founder Mac McDonald
2017 Lucky N/A Directorial debut
Won — Locarno Festival Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
Nominated — Locarno Festival Golden Leopard
2017 Anything Early Landry
2017 The White Orchid Sheriff Mann Post-production
Television[edit]
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1996 Frasier Actor playing Franklin Episode: "The Show Where Diane Comes Back"
1996 Murder One Officer Carl Bickley Episode: "Chapter Thirteen"
1996 The Client Frank Episode: "Damn Yankees"
1996 Voice from the Grave Prosecutor O'Gane Television film
1996 A Friend's Betrayal Mr. Franks Television film
1996, 1997 Life's Work District Attorney Agee / Crazy Larry 2 episodes
1997–2004 The Drew Carey Show Steve Carey 72 episodes
1997 The Practice Dr. Robert Larson Episode: "Search and Seizure"
1997 The Visitor Joe York Episode: "Going Home"
1998 From the Earth to the Moon Robert R. Gilruth 2 episodes
1999 Star Trek: Voyager Gerald Moss Episode: "11:59"
1999 Late Last Night Sgt. Van Wyck Television film
1999 Tuesdays with Morrie Walter Moran Television film
2000 The Fugitive Raynor Episode: "Pilot"
2000 The West Wing Jack Episode: "Galileo"
2001 Gideon's Crossing Sonny Green Episode: "The Race"
2002 Live from Baghdad John Holliman Television film
2003 The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire Mayor Garrett Shaw 7 episodes
2005–2006 Close to Home Steve Sharpe 21 episodes
2005 Carnivàle Varlyn Stroud 12 episodes
2005 American Dad! Mr. Simms (voice) Episode: "Stannie Get Your Gun"
2007–2008 K-Ville Captain James Embry 11 episodes
2007 Big Love Officer Chuck Tuttle 2 episodes
2009 Lie to Me Mr. Reed Episode: "Truth or Consequences"
2009 Monk Kurt Pressman Episode: "Happy Birthday, Mr. Monk"
2009 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Buddy Arnold Episode: "Bloodsport"
2010–2012 The Glades Mike Ogletree 2 episodes
2010 How to Make It in America Larry Episode: "Keep on Truck'n"
2011–2013 Body of Proof Bud Morris 26 episodes
2013 Do No Harm Will Hayes 10 episodes
2013–2014 Comedy Bang! Bang! Ned Dooley 2 episodes
2014 House of Lies Gil Selby 2 episodes
2014 The Americans Fred 6 episodes
2014 Manhattan Daniel Ellis 2 episodes
2014–2015 American Horror Story: Freak Show Twisty the Clown 5 episodes
2014 Us & Them Ed Episode: "Coeds & Carburetors"
2015–2016 American Horror Story: Hotel John Wayne Gacy 2 episodes
2015 The Walking Dead Eastman Episode: "Here's Not Here"
2016–2017 Turn: Washington's Spies James Rivington 6 episodes
2016 Billions Mr. Gilbert Episode: "The Punch"
2017 American Horror Story: Cult Twisty the Clown 2 episodes
2017 Channel Zero: The No-End House John Sleator 6 episodes
2018 Crawford Owen Upcoming series
Awards and nominations[edit]
Year
Association
Category
Nominated work
Result
Ref.
2016 42nd Saturn Awards Best Guest Starring Role on Television The Walking Dead Nominated [7]
2017 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Best Supporting Actor The Invitation Nominated [8]
2017 Locarno Festival Golden Leopard Lucky Nominated [9]
Price of the Ecumenical Jury Won
References[edit]
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A reproduction of the fragmentary Fasti Antiates Maiores (c. 60 BC), with the seventh and eighth months still named Quintilis ("QVI") and Sextilis ("SEX") and an intercalary month ("INTER") in the far righthand column
Another reproduction of the Fasti Antiates Maiores
The Roman calendar is the calendar used by the Roman kingdom and republic. It is often inclusive of the Julian calendar established by the reforms of the dictator Julius Caesar and emperor Augustus in the late 1st century BC and sometimes inclusive of any system dated by inclusive counting towards months' kalends, nones, and ides in the Roman manner. It is usually exclusive of the Alexandrian calendar of Roman Egypt, which continued the unique months of that land's former calendar; the Byzantine calendar of the later Roman Empire, which usually dated the Roman months in the simple count of the ancient Greek calendars; and the Gregorian calendar, which refined the Julian system to bring it into still closer alignment with the solar year and is the basis of the current international standard.
Roman dates were counted inclusively forward to the next of three principal days: the first of the month (the kalends), a day less than the middle of the month (the ides), and eight days—nine, counting inclusively—before this (the nones). The original calendar consisted of 10 months beginning in spring with March; winter was left as an unassigned span of days. These months ran for 38 nundinal cycles, each forming a kind of eight (i.e., "nine") day week ended by religious rituals and a public market. The winter period was then used to create January and February. The legendary early kings Romulus and Numa were traditionally credited with establishing this early fixed calendar, which bears traces of its origin as an observational lunar one. In particular, the kalends, nones, and ides seem to have derived from the first sighting of the crescent moon, the first-quarter moon, and the full moon respectively. The system ran well short of the solar year, and it needed constant intercalation to keep religious festivals and other activities in their proper seasons. For superstitious reasons, such intercalation occurred within the month of February even after it was no longer considered the last month.
After the establishment of the Roman Republic, years began to be dated by consulships and control over intercalation was granted to the pontifices, who eventually abused their power by lengthening years controlled by their political allies and shortening the years in their rivals' terms of office. Having won his war with Pompey, Caesar used his position as Rome's chief pontiff to enact a calendar reform in 46 BC, coincidentally making the year of his third consulship last for 446 days. In order to avoid interfering with Rome's religious ceremonies, the reform added all its days towards the ends of months and did not adjust any nones or ides, even in months which came to have 31 days. The Julian calendar was supposed to have a single leap day on 24 February (a doubled VI Kal. Mart.) every fourth year but following Caesar's assassination the priests figured this using inclusive counting and mistakenly added the bissextile day every three years. In order to bring the calendar back to its proper place, Augustus was obliged to suspend intercalation for a few decades. The revised calendar remaining slightly longer than the solar year, the date of Easter shifted far enough away from the vernal equinox that Pope Gregory XIII ordered its adjustment in the 16th century.
Contents
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1 History
1.1 Prehistoric lunar calendar
1.2 Legendary 10-month calendar
1.3 Republican calendar
1.4 Flavian reform
1.5 Julian reform
1.6 Later reforms
2 Days
3 Weeks
4 Months
5 Intercalation
6 Years
7 Conversion to Julian or Gregorian dates
8 See also
9 Notes
10 References
10.1 Citations
10.2 Bibliography
11 External links
History[edit]
The remains of the Fasti Praenestini
Prehistoric lunar calendar[edit]
The original Roman calendar is believed to have been an observational lunar calendar[1] whose months began from the first signs of a new crescent moon. Because a lunar cycle is about 29 1⁄2 days long, such months would have varied between 29 and 30 days. Twelve such months would have fallen 10 or 11 days short of the solar year; without adjustment, such a year would have quickly rotated out of alignment with the seasons in the manner of the present-day Islamic calendar. Given the seasonal aspects of the later calendar and its associated religious festivals, this was presumably avoided through some form of intercalation or through the suspension of the calendar during winter.
Rome's 8-day week, the nundinal cycle, was shared with the Etruscans, who used it as the schedule of royal audiences. It was presumably a feature of the early calendar and was credited in Roman legend variously to Romulus and Servius Tullius.
Legendary 10-month calendar[edit]
The Romans themselves described their first organized year as one with ten fixed months, each of 30 or 31 days.[2][3] Such a decimal division fit general Roman practice.[4] The four 31-day months were called "full" (pleni) and the others "hollow" (cavi).[a][6] Its 304 days made up exactly 38 nundinal cycles. The system is usually said to have left the remaining 50-odd days of the year as an unorganized "winter", although Licinius Macer's lost history apparently stated the earliest Roman calendar employed intercalation instead[7][8] and Macrobius claims the 10-month calendar was allowed to shift until the summer and winter months were completely misplaced, at which time additional days belonging to no month were simply inserted into the calendar until it seemed things were restored to their proper place.[9][10]
Later Roman writers credited this calendar to Romulus,[11][12] their legendary first king and culture hero, although this was common with other practices and traditions whose origin had been lost to them. Some scholars doubt the existence of this calendar at all, as it is only attested in late Republican and Imperial sources and apparently supported only by the misplaced names of the months from September to December.[13] Rüpke also finds the coincidence of the length of the supposed "Romulan" year with the length of the first ten months of the Julian calendar to be suspicious.[clarification needed][13]
"Calendar of Romulus"
English
Latin
Meaning
Length
in days
[2][3]
March Mensis Martius Month of Mars 31
April Mensis Aprilis Uncertain 30
May Mensis Maius Uncertain 31
June Mensis Iunius Month of Juno 30
Quintilis Mensis Quintilis
Mensis Quinctilis[14] Fifth Month 31
Sextilis Mensis Sextilis Sixth Month 30
September Mensis September Seventh Month 30
October Mensis October Eighth Month 31
November Mensis November Ninth Month 30
December Mensis December Tenth Month 30
—
(51)
Other traditions existed alongside this one, however. Plutarch's Parallel Lives recounts that Romulus's calendar had been solar but adhered to the general principle that the year should last for 360 days. Months were employed secondarily and haphazardly, with some counted as 20 days and others as 35 or more.[15][16]
Republican calendar[edit]
The attested calendar of the Roman Republic was quite different. It followed Greek calendars in assuming a lunar cycle of 29 1⁄2 days and a solar year of 12 1⁄2 synodic months (368 3⁄4 days), which align every fourth year after the addition of two intercalary months.[6] The additional two months of the year were January and February; the intercalary month was sometimes known as Mercedonius.[6]
The Romans did not follow the usual Greek practice in alternating 29- and 30-day months and a 29- or 30-day intercalary month every other year. Instead, their 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 10th months[b] had 31 days each; all the other months had 29 days except February, which had 28 days for three years and then 29 every fourth year. The total of these months over a 4-year span differed from the Greeks by 5 days, meaning the Roman intercalary month always had 27 days. Similarly, within each month, the weeks did not vary in the Greek fashion between 7 and 8 days; instead, the full months had two additional days in their first week and the other three weeks of every month ran for 8 days ("nine" by Roman reckoning).[17] Still more unusually, the intercalary month was not placed at the end of the year but within the month of February after the Terminalia on the 23rd (a.d. VII Kal. Mart.); the remaining days of February followed its completion. This seems to have arisen from Roman superstitions concerning the numbering and order of the months.[citation needed] The arrangement of the Roman calendar similarly seems to have arisen from Pythagorean superstitions concerning the luckiness of odd numbers.[17]
These Pythagorean-based changes to the Roman calendar were generally credited by the Romans to Numa Pompilius, Romulus's successor and the second of Rome's seven kings,[citation needed] as were the two new months of the calendar.[18][19][c] Most sources thought he had established intercalation with the rest of his calendar.[citation needed] Although Livy's Numa instituted a lunar calendar, the author claimed the king had instituted a 19-year system of intercalation equivalent to the Metonic Cycle[20] centuries before its development by Babylonian and Greek astronomers.[d] Plutarch's account claims he ended the former chaos of the calendar by employing 12 months totaling 354 days—the length of the lunar and Greek years—and biennial intercalary months of 22 days.[15][16]
Plutarch believed Numa was responsible for placing January and February first in the calendar;[15][16] Ovid states January began as the first month and February the last, with its present order owing to the Decemvirs.[22][23] W. Warde Fowler believed the Roman priests continued to treat January and February as the last months of the calendar throughout the Republican period.[24]
Pre-Julian Roman calendar
English
Latin
Meaning
Length
in days
[25][26][15][16]
January Mensis Ianuarius Month of Janus 29
February Mensis Februarius Month of the Februa 28
Mercedonius
Intercalary Month Mercedonius
Mensis Intercalaris Month of Wages 23
March Mensis Martius Month of Mars 31
April Mensis Aprilis Uncertain 29
May Mensis Maius Uncertain 31
June Mensis Iunius Month of Juno 29
Quintilis Mensis Quintilis
Mensis Quinctilis[14] Fifth Month 31
Sextilis Mensis Sextilis Sixth Month 29
September Mensis September Seventh Month 29
October Mensis October Eighth Month 31
November Mensis November Ninth Month 29
December Mensis December Tenth Month 29
The consuls' terms of office were not always a modern calendar year, but ordinary consuls were elected or appointed annually. The traditional list of Roman consuls used by the Romans to date their years began in 509 BC.[27]
Flavian reform[edit]
Gnaeus Flavius, a secretary to the pontifex maximus, introduced a series of reforms in 304 BC.[28] Their exact nature is uncertain, although he is thought to have begun the custom of publishing the calendar in advance of the month, depriving the priests of some of their power but allowing for a more consistent calendar for official business.[29]
Julian reform[edit]
Main article: Julian calendar
Julius Caesar, following his victory in his civil war and in his role as pontifex maximus, ordered a reformation of the calendar in 46 BC. This was undertaken by a group of scholars apparently including the Alexandrian Sosigenes[30] and the Roman M. Flavius.[31][26] Its main lines involved the insertion of ten additional days throughout the calendar and regular intercalation of a single leap day every fourth year in order to bring the Roman calendar into close agreement with the solar year. The year 46 BC was the last of the old system and included 3 intercalary months, the first inserted in February and two more—Intercalaris Prior and Posterior—before the kalends of December.
Later reforms[edit]
Main article: Byzantine calendar
After Caesar's assassination, Mark Antony had his birth month Quintilis renamed July (Iulius) in his honor. After Antony's defeat at Actium, Augustus assumed control of Rome and, finding the priests had (owing to their inclusive counting) been intercalating every third year instead of every fourth, suspended the addition of leap days to the calendar for a number of decades until its proper position had been restored. In 8 BC, the plebiscite Lex Pacuvia de Mense Augusto caused Sextilis to be renamed August (Augustus) in his honor.[32][33][26][e]
In large part, this calendar continued unchanged under the Roman Empire. (Egyptians used the related Alexandrian calendar, which Augustus had adapted from their wandering ancient calendar to maintain its alignment with Rome's.) A few emperors altered the names of the months after themselves or their family, but such changes were abandoned by their successors. Diocletian began the 15-year indiction cycles beginning from the AD 297 census;[27] these became the required format for official dating under Justinian. Constantine formally established the 7-day week by making Sunday an official holiday in 321. Consular dating became obsolete following the abandonment of appointing nonimperial consuls in AD 541.[27] The Roman method of numbering the days of the month never became widespread in the Hellenized eastern provinces and was eventually abandoned by the Byzantine Empire in its calendar.
Days[edit]
Main article: Kalends
Roman dates were counted inclusively forward to the next one of three principal days within each month:[34]
Kalends (Kalendae or Kal.), the 1st day of each month[34]
Nones (Nonae or Non.), the 7th day of full months[35] and 5th day of hollow ones,[34] 8 days—"nine" by Roman reckoning—before the Ides in every month
Ides (Idus, variously Eid. or Id.), the 15th day of full months[35] and the 13th day of hollow ones,[34] a day less than the middle of each month
These are thought to reflect a prehistoric lunar calendar, with the kalends proclaimed after the sighting of the first sliver of the new crescent moon a day or two after the new moon, the nones occurring on the day of the first-quarter moon, and the ides on the day of the full moon. The kalends of each month were sacred to Juno and the ides to Jupiter.[36][37] The day before each was known as its eve (pridie); the day after each (postridie) was considered particularly unlucky.
The days of the month were expressed in early Latin using the ablative of time, denoting points in time, in the contracted form "the 6th December Kalends" (VI Kalendas Decembres).[35] In classical Latin, this use continued for the three principal days of the month[38] but other days were idiomatically expressed in the accusative case, which usually expressed a duration of time, and took the form "6th day before the December Kalends" (ante diem VI Kalendas Decembres). This anomaly may have followed the treatment of days in Greek,[39] reflected the increasing use of such date phrases as an absolute phrase able to function as the object of another preposition,[35] or simply originated in a mistaken agreement of dies with the preposition ante once it moved to the beginning of the expression.[35] In late Latin, this idiom was sometimes abandoned in favor of again using the ablative of time.
The kalends were the day for payment of debts and the account books (kalendaria) kept for them gave English its word calendar. The public Roman calendars were the fasti, which designated the religious and legal character of each month's days. The Romans marked each day of such calendars with the letters:[40]
F (fastus, "permissible") on days when it was legal to initiate action in the courts of civil law (dies fasti, "allowed days")
C (comitialis) on fasti days during which the Roman people could hold assemblies (dies comitalis)
N (nefastus) on days when political and judicial activities were prohibited (dies nefasti)
NP (uncertain)[f] on public holidays (feriae)
QRCF (uncertain)[g] on days when the "king" (rex sacrorum) could convene an assembly
EN (endotercissus, an archaic form of intercissus, "halved") on days when most political and religious activities were prohibited in the morning and evening due to sacrifices being prepared or offered but were acceptable for a period in the middle of the day
Each day was also marked by a letter from A to H to indicate its place within the nundinal cycle of market days.
Weeks[edit]
A fragment of the Fasti Praenestini for the month of April (Aprilis), showing its nundinal letters on the left side
Main articles: Nundinae, Planetary hours, and Week
The nundinae were the market days which formed a kind of weekend in Rome, Italy, and some other parts of Roman territory. By Roman inclusive counting, they were reckoned as "ninth days" although they actually occurred every eighth day. Because the republican and Julian years were not evenly divisible into eight-day periods, Roman calendars included a column giving every day of the year a nundinal letter from A to H marking its place in the cycle of market days. Each year, the letter used for the markets would shift 2–5 letters along the cycle. As a day when the city swelled with rural plebeians, they were overseen by the aediles and took on an important role in Roman legislation, which was supposed to be announced for three nundinal weeks (between 17 and 24 days) in advance of its coming to a vote. The patricians and their clients sometimes exploited this fact as a kind of filibuster, since the tribunes of the plebs were required to wait another three-week period if their proposals could not receive a vote before dusk on the day they were introduced. Superstitions arose concerning the bad luck that followed a nundinae on the nones of a month or, later, on the first day of January. Intercalation was supposedly used to avoid such coincidences, even after the Julian reform of the calendar.
The 7-day week began to be observed in Italy in the early imperial period,[42] as practitioners and converts to eastern religions introduced Hellenistic and Babylonian astrology, the Jewish Saturday sabbath, and the Christian Lord's Day. The system was originally used for private worship and astrology but had replaced the nundinal week by the time Constantine made Sunday (dies Solis) an official day of rest in AD 321. The hebdomadal week was also reckoned as a cycle of letters from A to G; these were adapted for Christian use as the dominical letters.
Months[edit]
The names of Roman months originally functioned as adjectives (e.g., the January kalends occur in the January month) before being treated as substantive nouns in their own right (e.g., the kalends of January occur in January). Some of their etymologies are well-established: January and March honor the gods Janus[43] and Mars;[44] July and August honor the dictator Julius Caesar[45] and his successor, the emperor Augustus;[46] and the months Quintilis,[47] Sextilis,[48] September,[49] October,[50] November,[51] and December[52] are archaic adjectives formed from the ordinal numbers from 5 to 10, their position in the calendar when it began around the spring equinox in March.[49] Others are uncertain. February may derive from the Februa festival or its eponymous februa ("purifications, expiatory offerings"), whose name may be either Sabine or preserve an archaic word for sulphuric.[53] April may relate to the Etruscan goddess Apru or the verb aperire ("to open").[citation needed] May and June may honor Maia[54] and Juno[55] or derive from archaic terms for "senior" and "junior". A few emperors attempted to add themselves to the calendar after Augustus, but without enduring success.
In classical Latin, the days of each month were usually reckoned as:[38]
Day
Original
31-Day Months[h]
New Julian
31-Day Months[i]
New Julian
30-Day Months[j]
Original
29-Day Months[k]
February
1
Kal. On the Kalends
Kalendis
Kal. Kal. Kal. Feb.
2
a.d. VI Non. The 4th Day before the Nones
ante diem quartum Nonas
a.d. IV Non. a.d. IV Non. a.d. IV Non. Feb.
3
a.d. V Non. The 3rd Day before the Nones
ante diem tertium Nonas
a.d. III Non. a.d. III Non. a.d. III Non. Feb.
4
a.d. IV Non. On the Day before the Nones
Pridie Nonas
Prid. Non. Prid. Non. Prid. Non. Feb.
5
a.d. III Non. On the Nones
Nonis
Non. Non. Non. Feb.
6
Prid. Non. The 8th Day before the Ides
ante diem octavum Idus
a.d. VIII Eid. a.d. VIII Eid. a.d. VIII Eid. Feb.
7
Non. The 7th Day before the Ides
ante diem septimum Idus
a.d. VII Eid. a.d. VII Eid. a.d. VII Eid. Feb.
8
a.d. VIII Eid. The 6th Day before the Ides
ante diem sextum Idus
a.d. VI Eid. a.d. VI Eid. a.d. VI Eid. Feb.
9
a.d. VII Eid. The 5th Day before the Ides
ante diem quintum Idus
a.d. V Eid. a.d. V Eid. a.d. V Eid. Feb.
10
a.d. VI Eid. The 4th Day before the Ides
ante diem quartum Idus
a.d. IV Eid. a.d. IV Eid. a.d. IV Eid. Feb.
11
a.d. V Eid. The 3rd Day before the Ides
ante diem tertium Idus
a.d. III Eid. a.d. III Eid. a.d. III Eid. Feb.
12
a.d. IV Eid. On the Day before the Ides
Pridie Idus
Prid. Eid. Prid. Eid. Prid. Eid. Feb.
13
a.d. III Eid. On the Ides
Idibus
Eid. Eid. Eid. Feb.
14
Prid. Eid. The 19th Day before the Kalends
ante diem undevicesimum Kalendas
a.d. XVIII Kal. a.d. XVII Kal. a.d. XVI Kal. Mart.
15
Eid. The 18th Day before the Kalends
ante diem duodevicesimum Kalendas
a.d. XVII Kal. a.d. XVI Kal. a.d. XV Kal. Mart.
16
a.d. XVII Kal. The 17th Day before the Kalends
ante diem septimum decimum Kalendas
a.d. XVI Kal. a.d. XV Kal. a.d. XIV Kal. Mart.
17
a.d. XVI Kal. The 16th Day before the Kalends
ante diem sextum decimum Kalendas
a.d. XV Kal. a.d. XIV Kal. a.d. XIII Kal. Mart.
18
a.d. XV Kal. The 15th Day before the Kalends
ante diem quintum decimum Kalendas
a.d. XIV Kal. a.d. XIII Kal. a.d. XII Kal. Mart.
19
a.d. XIV Kal. The 14th Day before the Kalends
ante diem quartum decimum Kalendas
a.d. XIII Kal. a.d. XII Kal. a.d. XI Kal. Mart.
20
a.d. XIII Kal. The 13th Day before the Kalends
ante diem tertium decimum Kalendas
a.d. XII Kal. a.d. XI Kal. a.d. X Kal. Mart.
21
a.d. XII Kal. The 12th Day before the Kalends
ante diem duodecimum Kalendas
a.d. XI Kal. a.d. X Kal. a.d. IX Kal. Mart.
22
a.d. XI Kal. The 11th Day before the Kalends
ante diem undecimum Kalendas
a.d. X Kal. a.d. IX Kal. a.d. VIII Kal. Mart.
23
a.d. X Kal. The 10th Day before the Kalends
ante diem decimum Kalendas
a.d. IX Kal. a.d. VIII Kal. a.d. VII Kal. Mart.
24
a.d. IX Kal. The 9th Day before the Kalends
ante diem nonum Kalendas
a.d. VIII Kal. a.d. VII Kal. a.d. VI Kal. Mart.[l]
25
a.d. VIII Kal. The 8th Day before the Kalends
ante diem octavum Kalendas
a.d. VII Kal. a.d. VI Kal. a.d. V Kal. Mart.
26
a.d. VII Kal. The 7th Day before the Kalends
ante diem septimum Kalendas
a.d. VI Kal. a.d. V Kal. a.d. IV Kal. Mart.
27
a.d. VI Kal. The 6th Day before the Kalends
ante diem sextum Kalendas
a.d. V Kal. a.d. IV Kal. a.d. III Kal. Mart.
28
a.d. V Kal. The 5th Day before the Kalends
ante diem quintum Kalendas
a.d. IV Kal. a.d. III Kal. Prid. Kal. Mart.
29
a.d. IV Kal. The 4th Day before the Kalends
ante diem quartum Kalendas
a.d. III Kal. Prid. Kal.
30
a.d. III Kal. The 3rd Day before the Kalends
ante diem tertium Kalendas
Prid. Kal.
31
Prid. Kal. On the Day Before the Kalends
Pridie Kalendas
Dates after the ides count forward to the kalends of the next month and are expressed as such. For example, March 19 was expressed as "the 14th day before the April Kalends" (a.d. XIV Kal. Apr.), without a mention of March itself. The day after a kalends, nones, or ides was also often expressed as the "day after" (postridie) owing to their special status as particularly unlucky "black days".
The anomalous status of the new 31-day months under the Julian calendar was an effect of Caesar's desire to avoid affecting the festivals tied to the nones and ides of various months. Because the dates at the ends of the month all counted forward to the next kalends, however, they were all shifted by one or two days by the change. This created confusion with regard to certain anniversaries. For instance, Augustus's birthday on the 23rd day of September was a.d. VIII Kal. Oct. in the old calendar but a.d. IX Kal. Oct. under the new system. The ambiguity caused honorary festivals to be held on either or both dates.
Intercalation[edit]
Main article: Mercedonius
The Republican calendar only had 355 days, which meant that it would quickly unsynchronize from the solar year, causing, for example, agricultural festivals to occur out of season. The Roman solution to this problem was to periodically lengthen the calendar by adding extra days within February. February was broken into two parts, each with an odd number of days. The first part ended with the Terminalia on the 23rd (a.d. VII Kal. Mart.), which was considered the end of the religious year; the five remaining days beginning with the Regifugium on the 24th (a.d. VI Kal. Mart.) formed the second part; and the intercalary month Mercedonius was inserted between them. In such years, the days between the ides and the Regifugium were counted down to either the Intercalary Kalends or to the Terminalia. The intercalary month counted down to nones and ides on its 5th and 13th day in the manner of the other short months. The remaining days of the month counted down towards the March Kalends, so that the end of Mercedonius and the second part of February were indistinguishable to the Romans, one ending on a.d. VII Kal. Mart. and the other picking up at a.d. VI Kal. Mart. and bearing the normal festivals of such dates.
Apparently because of the confusion of these changes or uncertainty as to whether an intercalary month would be ordered, dates after the February ides are attested as sometimes counting down towards the Quirinalia (Feb. 17), the Feralia (Feb. 21), or Terminalia (Feb. 23)[56] rather than the intercalary or March kalends.
The third-century writer Censorinus says:
When it was thought necessary to add (every two years) an intercalary month of 22 or 23 days, so that the civil year should correspond to the natural (solar) year, this intercalation was in preference made in February, between Terminalia [23rd] and Regifugium [24th].[57]
The fifth-century writer Macrobius says that the Romans intercalated 22 and 23 days in alternate years (Saturnalia, 1.13.12); the intercalation was placed after 23 February and the remaining five days of February followed (Saturnalia, 1.13.15). To avoid the nones falling on a nundine, where necessary an intercalary day was inserted "in the middle of the Terminalia, where they placed the intercalary month".[58]
This is historically correct. In 167 BC Intercalaris began on the day after 23 February [59] and in 170 BC it began on the second day after 23 February.[60] Varro, writing in the first century BC, says "the twelfth month was February, and when intercalations take place the five last days of this month are removed."[61] Since all the days after the Ides of Intercalaris were counted down to the beginning of March Intercalaris had either 27 days (making 377 for the year) or 28 (making 378 for the year).
There is another theory which says that in intercalary years February had 23 or 24 days and Intercalaris had 27. No date is offered for the Regifugium in 378-day years.[62] Macrobius describes a further refinement whereby, in one 8-year period within a 24-year cycle, there were only three intercalary years, each of 377 days. This refinement brings the calendar back in line with the seasons, and averages the length of the year to 365.25 days over 24 years.
The Pontifex Maximus determined when an intercalary month was to be inserted. On average, this happened in alternate years. The system of aligning the year through intercalary months broke down at least twice: the first time was during and after the Second Punic War. It led to the reform of the 191 BC Acilian Law on Intercalation, the details of which are unclear, but it appears to have successfully regulated intercalation for over a century. The second breakdown was in the middle of the first century BC and may have been related to the increasingly chaotic and adversarial nature of Roman politics at the time. The position of Pontifex Maximus was not a full-time job; it was held by a member of the Roman elite, who would almost invariably be involved in the machinations of Roman politics. Because the term of office of elected Roman magistrates was defined in terms of a Roman calendar year, a Pontifex Maximus would have reason to lengthen a year in which he or his allies were in power or shorten a year in which his political opponents held office.
Although there are many stories to interpret the intercalation, a period of 22 or 23 days is always ¾ synodic month. Obviously, the month beginning shifts forward (from the new moon, to the third quarter, to the full moon, to the first quarter, back the new moon) after intercalation.
Years[edit]
A fragment of an imperial consular list[63]
Main article: list of Roman consuls
As mentioned above, Rome's legendary 10-month calendar notionally lasted for 304 days but was usually thought to make up the rest of the solar year during an unorganized winter period. The unattested but almost certain lunar year and the pre-Julian civil year were 354 or 355 days long, with the difference from the solar year more or less corrected by an irregular intercalary month. The Julian year was 365 days long, with a leap day doubled in length every fourth year, almost equivalent to the present Gregorian system.
The calendar era before and under the Roman kings is uncertain but dating by regnal years was common in antiquity. Under the Roman Republic, from 509 BC, years were most commonly described in terms of their reigning ordinary consuls.[27] (Temporary and honorary consuls were sometimes elected or appointed but were not used in dating.)[27] Consular lists were displayed on the public calendars. After the institution of the Roman Empire, regnal dates based on the emperors' terms in office became more common. Some historians of the later republic and early imperial eras dated from the legendary founding of the city of Rome (ab urbe condita or AVC).[27] Varro's date for this was 753 BC but other writers used different dates, varying by several decades.[citation needed] Such dating was, however, never widespread. After the consuls waned in importance, most Roman dating was regnal[64] or followed Diocletian's 15-year Indiction tax cycle.[27] These cycles were not distinguished, however, so that "year 2 of the indiction" may refer to any of 298, 313, 328, &c.[27] The Orthodox subjects of the Byzantine Empire used various Christian eras, including those based on Diocletian's persecutions, Christ's incarnation, and the supposed age of the world.
The Romans did not have records of their early calendars but, like modern historians, assumed the year originally began in March on the basis of the names of the months following June. The consul M. Fulvius Nobilior (r. 189 BC) wrote a commentary on the calendar at the Temple of Hercules Musarum that claimed January had been named for Janus because the god faced both ways,[65][where?] suggesting it had been instituted as a first month.[citation needed] It was, however, usually said to have been instituted along with February, whose nature and festivals suggest it had originally been considered the last month of the year. The consuls' term of office—and thus the order of the years under the republic—seems to have changed several times. Their inaugurations were finally moved to 1 January (Kal. Ian.) in 153 BC to allow Q. Fulvius Nobilior to attack Segeda in Spain during the Celtiberian Wars, before which they had occurred on 15 March (Eid. Mart.).[66] There is reason to believe the inauguration date had been 1 May during the 3rd century BC until 222 BC[citation needed] and Livy mentions earlier inaugurations on 15 May (Eid. Mai.), 1 July (Kal. Qui.), 1 August (Kal. Sex.), 1 October (Kal. Oct.), and 15 December (Eid. Dec.).[67][where?] Under the Julian calendar, the year began on 1 January but years of the Indiction cycle began on 1 September.
In addition Egypt's separate calendar, some provinces maintained their records using a local era.[27] Africa dated its records sequentially from 39 BC;[64] Spain from AD 38.[citation needed] This dating system continued as the Spanish era used in medieval Spain.[citation needed]
Conversion to Julian or Gregorian dates[edit]
The continuity of names from the Roman to the Gregorian calendar can lead to the mistaken belief that Roman dates correspond to Julian or Gregorian ones. In fact, the essentially complete list of Roman consuls allows general certainty of years back to the establishment of the republic but the uncertainty as to the end of lunar dating and the irregularity of Roman intercalation means that dates which can be independently verified are invariably weeks to months outside of their "proper" place. Two astronomical events dated by Livy show the calendar 4 months out of alignment with the Julian date in 190 BC and 2 months out of alignment in 168 BC. Thus, "the year of the consulship of Publius Cornelius Sciopio Africanus and Publius Licinius Crassus" (usually given as "205 BC") actually began on 15 March 205 BC and ended on 14 March 204 BC according to the Roman calendar but may have begun as early as November or December 206 BC owing to its misalignment. Even following the establishment of the Julian calendar, the leap years were not applied correctly by the Roman priests, meaning dates are a few days out of their "proper" place until a few decades into Augustus's reign.
Given the paucity of records regarding the state of the calendar and its intercalation, historians have reconstructed the correspondence of Roman dates to their Julian and Gregorian equivalents from disparate sources. There are detailed accounts of the decades leading up to the Julian reform, particularly the speeches and letters of Cicero, which permit an established chronology back to about 58 BC. The nundinal cycle and a few known synchronisms—e.g., a Roman date in terms of the Attic calendar and Olympiad—are used to generate contested chronologies back to the start of the First Punic War in 264 BC. Beyond that, dates are roughly known based on clues such as the dates of harvests and seasonal religious festivals.
See also[edit]
Julian, Alexandrian, Byzantine, & Gregorian calendars
List of Roman consuls and ab urbe condita dating
General Roman Calendar of the Catholic Church
Roman festivals
Undecimber
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ Censorinus, Macrobius, and Solinus, cited in Key.[5]
Jump up ^ That is, the 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 8th months prior to the introduction and repositioning of January and February.
Jump up ^ Plutarch reports this tradition while claiming that the months had more probably predated or originated with Romulus.[15][16]
Jump up ^ This equivalence was first described by Stanyan in his history of ancient Greece.[21]
Jump up ^ There are some documents which state the month had been renamed as early as 26 or 23 BC, but the date of the Lex Pacuvia is certain.
Jump up ^ The NP days are sometimes thought to mark days when political and judicial activities were prohibited only until noon, standing for nefastus priore.
Jump up ^ The QRCF days are sometimes supposed, on the basis of the Fasti Viae Lanza which gives it as Q. Rex C. F., to stand for "Permissible when the King Has Entered the Comitium" (Quando Rex Comitiavit Fas).[41]
Jump up ^ The original 31-day months of the Roman calendar were March, May, Quintilis or July, and October.
Jump up ^ The 31-day months established by the Julian reform were January, Sextilis or August, and December. The other 31-day months of the Julian calendar continued to use the old system, with their Nones on the 7th and Ides on the 15th.
Jump up ^ The 30-day months established by the Julian reform were April, June, September, and November.
Jump up ^ The 29-day months of the calendar prior to the Julian reform were January, April, June, Sextilis, September, November, and December. After the Julian reform, February could have 29 days during a leap year but it was not reckoned according to this list until late in the imperial period. Instead, the sixth day before the March Kalends was initially treated as lasting for 48 hours.
Jump up ^ After the Julian reform, this day was reckoned to last 48 hours during a leap year.
References[edit]
Citations[edit]
Jump up ^ Mommsen & al. (1864), pp. 216.
^ Jump up to: a b Macrobius, Book I, Ch. 12, §3.
^ Jump up to: a b Kaster (2011), p. 137.
Jump up ^ Mommsen & al. (1864), pp. 217.
Jump up ^ Key (1875).
^ Jump up to: a b c Mommsen & al. (1864), p. 218.
Jump up ^ Macrobius, Book I, Ch. 13, §20.
Jump up ^ Kaster (2011), p. 165.
Jump up ^ Macrobius, Book I, Ch. 12, §39.
Jump up ^ Kaster (2011), p. 155.
Jump up ^ Macrobius, Book I, Ch. 12, §§5 & 38.
Jump up ^ Kaster (2011), pp. 137 & 155.
^ Jump up to: a b Rüpke (2011), p. 23.
^ Jump up to: a b Blackburn & al. (1999), p. 669.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e Plutarch, Ch. 18.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e Perrin (1914), pp. 368 ff.
^ Jump up to: a b Mommsen & al. (1864), p. 219.
Jump up ^ Macrobius, Book I, Ch. 12, §34.
Jump up ^ Kaster (2011), p. 153.
Jump up ^ Roberts (1905), Book I, Ch. 19, §6.
Jump up ^ Stanyan (1707), p. 330.
Jump up ^ Ovid, Book II.
Jump up ^ Kline (2004), Book II, Introduction.
Jump up ^ Fowler (1899), p. 5.
Jump up ^ Macrobius.
^ Jump up to: a b c Kaster (2011).
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i Mathieson (2003), p. 14.
Jump up ^ Michaels (1949), p. 340.
Jump up ^ Lanfranchi (2013).
Jump up ^ Pliny, Book XVIII, Ch. 57.
Jump up ^ Macrobius, Book I, Ch. 14, §2.
Jump up ^ Rotondi (1912), p. 441.
Jump up ^ Macrobius, Book I, Ch. 12.
^ Jump up to: a b c d Beck (1838), p. 175.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e Beck (1838), p. 176.
Jump up ^ Ovid, Book I, ll. 55–56.
Jump up ^ Kline (2004), Book I, Introduction.
^ Jump up to: a b Beck (1838), p. 177.
Jump up ^ Smyth (1920), §§1582–1587.
Jump up ^ Scullard (1981), pp. 44–45.
Jump up ^ Rüpke (2011), pp. 26–27.
Jump up ^ Brind'Amour (1983), pp. 256–275.
Jump up ^ "January, n.", OED .
Jump up ^ "March, n.2", OED .
Jump up ^ "July, n.", OED .
Jump up ^ "August, n.", OED .
Jump up ^ "†quintile, n.2", OED .
Jump up ^ "sextile, adj. and n.", OED .
^ Jump up to: a b "September, n.", OED .
Jump up ^ "October, n.", OED .
Jump up ^ "November, n.", OED .
Jump up ^ "December, n.", OED .
Jump up ^ "February, n.", OED .
Jump up ^ "May, n.2", OED .
Jump up ^ "June, n.", OED .
Jump up ^ A 94 inscription.[which?]
Jump up ^ Censorinus, The Natal Day, 20.28, tr. William Maude, New York 1900, available at [1].
Jump up ^ Macrobius, Book I, Ch. 13, §16, 19.
Jump up ^ Livy 45.44.3.
Jump up ^ Livy 43.11.13.
Jump up ^ Varro, On the Latin language, 6.13, tr. Roland Kent, London 1938, available at [2].
Jump up ^ Michels (1967).
Jump up ^ Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum I, CIL VI.
^ Jump up to: a b Mathieson (2003), p. 15.
Jump up ^ Varro.
Jump up ^ Livy, Book XLVII.
Jump up ^ Livy.
Bibliography[edit]
Beck, Charles (1838), "Of the Roman Calendar", Latin Syntax, Chiefly from the German of C.G. Zumpt, Boston: Charles C. Little & James Brown .
Blackburn, Bonnie; et al. (1999), The Oxford Companion to the Year, Oxford: Oxford University Press .
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External links[edit]
Chris Bennett's reconstruction of early Roman dates in terms of the Julian calendar
Early Roman Calendar – History
James Grout: The Roman Calendar, part of the Encyclopædia Romana
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