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141. The Roman Calendar.

Present Days of the Month.	March, May, July, October, have thirty-one days.		January, August, December, have thirty-one days.		April, June, September, November, have thirty days.		February has twenty-eight days, and in Leap Year twenty-nine.
1	Kalendis[1]		Kalendis		Kalendis		Kalendis
2	VI.	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ Ante Nonas	IV.	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ Ante Nonas	IV.	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ Ante Nonas	IV.	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ Ante Nonas
3	V.		III.		III.		III.
4	IV.		Pridie Nonas		Pridie Nonas		Pridie Nonas
5	III.		Nonis		Nonis		Nonis
6	Pridie Nonas		VIII.	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ Ante Idus	VIII.	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ Ante Idus	VIII.	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ Ante Idus
7	Nonis[1]		VII.		VII.		VII.
8	VIII.	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ Ante Idus	VI.		VI.		VI.
9	VII.		V.		V.		V.
10	VI.		IV.		IV.		IV.
11	V.		III.		III.		III.
12	IV.		Pridie Idus.		Pridie Idus.		Pridie Idus.
13	III.		Idibus.		Idibus.		Idibus.
14	Pridie Idus		XIX.	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ Ante Kalendas (of the month following)	XVIII.	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ Ante Kalendas (of the month following)	XVI.	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ Ante Kalendas (of the month following)
15	Idibus[1]		XVIII.		XVII.		XV.
16	XVII.	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ Ante Kalendas (of the month following)	XVII.		XVI.		XIV.
17	XVI.		XVI.		XV.		XIII.
18	XV.		XV.		XIV.		XII.
19	XIV.		XIV.		XIII.		XI.
20	XIII.		XIII.		XII.		X.
21	XII.		XII.		XI.		IX.
22	XI.		XI.		X.		VIII.
23	X.		X.		IX.		VII.
24	IX.		IX.		VIII.		VI.
25	VIII.		VIII.		VII.		V.
26	VII.		VII.		VI.		IV.
27	VI.		VI.		V.		III.
28	V.		V.		IV.		Pridie Kalendas Martius[2]
29	IV.		IV.		III.
30	III.		III.		Pridie Kalendas (of the month following)
31	Pridie Kalendas (of the month following)		Pridie Kalendas (of the month following)

1. See section 20 supra.
2. The Romans, of course, had no weeks, although Cicero uses hebdomas to indicate the critical seventh day in diseases.