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| Which Roman was responsible for a major revision of the calendar? | Julius Caesar |
| What is the Latin word for "month" | mensis |
| How did Romans express the year using consuls as markers? | Put the names of the two consuls in the ablative case with the word "consulibus" (e.g. Caesare et Bibulo consulibus" |
| What is the three letter abbreviation used for Roman dates? | A.U.C. |
| What does A.U.C. stand for? | Ab urbe condita |
| What does A.U.C. mean? | "From the city's founding" |
| What year would "A.U.C. 2" be? | 752 B.C. |
| What would the year "A.U.C. 100" be? | 653 B.C. |
| What would the year "A.U.C. 652" be? | 102 B.C. |
| What day was the first of each month? | Calends/Kalends |
| During which four months did the Nones and Ides fall on a later date? | March, May, July and October |
| On what days did the Nones fall? | 5th or 7th |
| On what days did the Ides fall? | 13th or 15th |
| What is the Latin term for the day before? | pridie |
| What day is pr. Id. Mart.? | March 14 |
| What day would "a.d.IV Kal. Mai." be? | April 28 (30 days in April) count backwards using May 1st as "1", Apr. 30 is "2", April 29 is "3" and April 28 is "4" |
| What day would "a.d. V Non. Oct." be? | October 3 |
| What day would "a.d. VI Id. Apr." be? | April 8 |
| What, using our modern method of time, would the first hour of the Roman day be (approximately)? | 6 A.M to 7 A.M. |
| What, using our modern method of time, would the first hour of night be? | 6 P.M. to 7 P.M. |
| Into how many "vigiliae" ("watches") did Romans divide the night into? | four (6 P.M. -9,9-12,12-3,3-6 A.M.) |
