Definition of Roman calendar

1. Noun. The lunar calendar in use in ancient Rome; replaced by the Julian calendar in 46 BC.

Generic synonyms: Lunar Calendar

Lexicographical Neighbors of Roman Calendar

Roman Church
Roman Emperor
Roman Empire
Roman Jakobson
Roman Legion
Roman Osipovich Jakobson
Roman Republic
Roman Rite
Roman alphabet
Roman alphabets
Roman arch
Roman architecture
Roman bath
Roman baths
Roman building
Roman calendar
Roman candle
Roman candles
Roman collar
Roman coriander
Roman cursive
Roman deity
Roman fever
Roman holiday
Roman hyacinth
Roman law
Roman mile
Roman miles
Roman mythology

Literary usage of Roman calendar

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Ruins and Excavations of Ancient Rome: A Companion Book for Students and by Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani (1897)
"... L THE roman calendar. At the period when Julius Cesar attained to supreme power the Calendar had fallen into great confusion. The Dictator, therefore ..."

2. Journal of Theological Studies (1901)
"The roman calendar is almost purely Roman, but it contains two or three ... Again, the roman calendar contains two Carthaginian feasts and no other foreign ..."

3. A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by Albert Harkness (1886)
"The roman calendar has the following peculiarities : I. The days were not numbered from tho beginning of the month, as with us, but from three different ..."

4. A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by Albert Harkness (1892)
"The roman calendar has the following peculiarities : I. The days wore not numbered from the beginning of the month, as with us, but from three different ..."

5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"April, while the Roman Martyrology assigns it to 2 April, and the roman calendar to 3 April. The Greek date is more likely to be correct; the others may be ..."

6. A Manual of Roman Antiquities by William Ramsay, Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani (1894)
"THE roman calendar. ; In giving an account of the roman calendar, it will be convenient to discuss, in the first place, that portion of the subject ..."

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