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These pages supplement the table of Julian equivalents for Roman dates in Drumann-Groebe vol. 3. They move, with supporting evidence, the intercalary month from 59 to 58 BC and from 54 to 55 BC. All phases of the Moon and market days (nundinae) are listed for those years.
This was my second published article, in a graduate student journal called Past Imperfect (Vol. 15, 2009) out of the University of Alberta. The published version can be found at: https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/pi/index.php/pi/article/view/6634 The Roman calendar was first developed as a lunar calendar, so it was difficult for the Romans to reconcile this with the natural solar year. In 45 BC, Julius Caesar reformed the calendar, creating a solar year of 365 days with leap years every four years. This article explains the process by which the Roman calendar evolved and argues that the reason February has 28 days is that Caesar did not want to interfere with religious festivals that occurred in February. Beginning as a lunar calendar, the Romans developed a lunisolar system that tried to reconcile lunar months with the solar year, with the unfortunate result that the calendar was often inaccurate by up to four months. Caesar fixed this by changing the lengths of most months, but made no change to
The Athenian Year Primer Vol II
AYP Vol. II: Archontic (Civil) Year Calendar Intercalations2023 •
The Placement of Embolismic Months: Chapter from the forthcoming Athenian Year Primer Vol. II. The excerpt presupposes familiarity with the methodologies and arguments presented in AYP. Chapter tackles one of the most fundamental and crucial yet least understood calendrical practices, which all lunisolar calendars must follow: insertion of an extra (thirteenth) lunar month to keep a lunar year’s Synodic Cycles aligned to a Sidereal Solar Year (i.e., solstice ↔ solstice or equinox ↔ equinox). 1) Show that ancient Greeks across the ancient Aegean proved far more astronomically savvy than currently appreciated. 2) Argue that ancient Athenians could not have used any fixed or absolute thus, in effect, arbitrarily inserted embolismic month to keep Archontic Years aligned. Significant, existential (practical) considerations existed. 3) Consequently, also argue that intercalations must have possessed “rules” or at least firmly established “guidelines.” The most obvious in fact being any number of seasonal festivals (e.g., Anthesteria, Eleusinian Mysteries). Seasonal festivals, moreover, promptly follow all Panhellenic gatherings (addressed in subsequent Chapters). 4) Attempt to unlock the methodologies used so one can not only understand the underlying math but also establish the base astronomical “template.” 5) Finally, knowing what Calendar Equations ought have occurred aids greatly when working with recovered epigraphical evidence that display such equations. When any deviations surface, we can develop a thorough understanding of why they took place.
International Journal of the Classical Tradition
Denis Feeney, Caesar’s Calendar: Ancient Time and the Beginnings of History, Sather Classical Lectures 65 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007), XIV + 372 pp2010 •
This paper explains the Julian Calendar, the Gregorian Reform and its adoption, astronomical year numbering, the Julian and the Gregorian Proleptic Calendars, and the accuracy of calendars.
Published or otherwise available European oak tree-ring chronologies archaeologically anchored in Roman time are all separated from early medieval chronologies by a severe timber depletion in late antiquity. Our recent dendrochronological study shows that this gap probably is unnecessarily wide because the Roman dendro complex as a whole appears dated too old by 218 years. The subject of the here presented astronomical study was to investigate if there is additional scientific support for such a mistake which would mean a large calendar error in the Christian era. Our results indicate that the Christian era was inflated with 232 years already when it was invented. This was done by backdating West-Roman and related history by means of astronomical retrocalculation after the western part of the Roman empire had declined. A remarkable result of our astronomical study is that the postulated astronomical/ historical error (232 years) appears to be offset by 14 years from the dendrochronological error (218 years). This means that, if we are right, then all current dendrochronological dates within the Roman time complex are given 14 years too young. According to our interpretation, the 14 years offset was caused by an improper synchronization of the Roman dendro complex towards Roman history done more than 30 years ago.
The Author provides a thorough introduction to the five (5) most commonly used calendars in Ancient Athens through the Roman Period. This paper presents an outline of each calendar as well as a detailed example of converting an example to its Julian equivalent. This draft includes an added paragraph that permits coversions to Gregorian Calendar dates (as well as minor grammatical and bibliographic corrections)
This is a blog about a conference “Calendars in Antiquity and the Middle Ages” that took place at UCL on 3–5 July 2017. This conference presented the outcomes of the ERC-funded project “Calendars in Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Standardization and Fixation”, on the history and evolution of calendars in late antique and medieval societies, together with contributions from international collaborators in the field. The blog includes references to full-length audio-recordings of most talks. Originally posted at http://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/calendars-ancient-medieval-project/2017/09/11/conference/
Lambert Academic Publishing
Roman Calendars: Imperial Birthdays, Victories and Triumphs, reviewed and updated edition, edited by T. Spinelli2019 •
The revolutionary nature of Augustus’ politics manifested itself in numerous aspects of daily life. One of these, certainly, was the control of time: by introducing in the calendar numerous celebrations related to the Emperor and his family, Augustus reshaped the rhythm of Rome’s daily life. Among these new celebrations, a leading role was occupied by birthdays, military victories and triumphs. Through the analysis of the diachronic evolution of their record in the calendars, we will try to reconstruct their fame or oblivion. To verify that these festivals really assumed the role of public anniversaries, we will explore their reception by the various levels of Roman society, as emerges from different sources. Particular attention will be given to the unusual dates of some inscriptions’ dedications: were these the result of a deliberate or a random choice? Once more, the Roman calendars demonstrate their importance in the study of political history and their role as a mirror of society.
American Journal of Clinical Pathology
Salmonella Thyroid Abscess in HIV-Positive Man: A Diagnostic Pitfall in Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy of Thyroid Lesions2012 •
Applied Physics Letters
p-doping-free InGaN/GaN light-emitting diode driven by three-dimensional hole gas2013 •
2022 •
Acta Médica Portuguesa
Anastomose Biliar no Transplante Hepático: Com ou Sem Tubo em T?2017 •
The European Physical Journal C
An analytic analysis of the pion decay constant in three-flavoured chiral perturbation theory2017 •
Documents D Analisi Geografica
La explicación de procesos en geografía2004 •
2014 •
Alzheimer's & Dementia
Early risk assessment for Alzheimer's disease2009 •
2017 •
Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Abant Tip Dergisi
Olası COVID-19 Enfeksiyonu ve Hastane Öncesi Alanda Resüsitasyon Uygulamaları2021 •
August-2019
Non-genetic factors affecting pre-weaning growth and morphometric traits in Assam Hill goat2019 •
Genome Research
Meiotic recombination generates rich diversity in NK cell receptor genes, alleles, and haplotypes2009 •
Chemistry – A European Journal
Fluorescence and Morphology of Self‐Assembled Nucleobases and Their Diphenylalanine Hybrid Aggregates2019 •
Information Systems Journal
Generative mechanisms of workarounds, discontinuance and reframing: a study of negative disconfirmation with consumerised IT2020 •
Journal of Medical Sciences
Mini Laparotomy Cholecystectomy; Muscle Splitting vs Muscle Dividing Incision; a Randomized Study2020 •
Proceedings
Development of a Nanodroplet Formulation for Triggered Release of BIO for Bone Fracture Healing2020 •
La Revue pour l’histoire du CNRS
La signature scientifique. Une sociologie pragmatique de l'attribution2005 •
African Journal of Legal Studies
An Overview of Normative Frameworks for the Protection of Development-Induced IDPs in Kenya2013 •
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