Farmers, like ours, knew that the Kalends of February ... - Facebook
In the Roman system, dates were not counted sequentially (1, 2, 3...) but rather from three fixed points in the month: Kalends : The 1st day of the month. Nones : Usually the 5th or 7th day. Ides : Usually the 13th or 15th day. Rome - Kalends of Fe...
: The Kalends (the 1st of every month) were sacred to the goddess Juno . On February 1st specifically, rites were held for Juno Sospita (the Savior), a protective deity often depicted wearing a goatskin. Farmers, like ours, knew that the Kalends of February
In modern media, "" is the title of the final episode of Season 1 of the HBO series Rome . The episode depicts the climactic events leading to the assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March, using the transition of the Roman calendar to heighten the narrative tension. Ides : Usually the 13th or 15th day
: This date was a practical marker for farmers to begin preparing fields and attending to winter-hardy crops as the days began to lengthen. The Roman Calendar System