Augustus (Julian calendar)
The Augustus is the eighth month of the Julian calendar and forerunner of today's month August .
The forerunner of Augustus in the Julian calendar was the sextilis in the Roman calendar . Since the Roman calendar initially began with Martius (March), the sextilis was then the sixth month, as its name suggests. Not until 153 BC BC the beginning of the year was brought forward by two months and Sextilis became the eighth month, whereby the relationship between names and counts disappeared. In the Roman calendar (a bound lunar calendar ) the sextilis had a length of 29 days. After the calendar reform of Gaius Iulius Caesar around 45 BC. BC - and the related changeover to the Julian solar calendar - the sextilis had 31 days. The renaming in the name Augustus was in the year 8 BC. Since Augustus had taken up his first consulate in that month .
Days of Augustus
| Day characters and dates of the month | ||||
| Day | Roman name | Nundinae | Day character | Festive events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K | E. | NP | Taking Alexandria in honor of Caesar |
| 2 | IV (ante diem NON ) | F. | NP | Victory over Pharnakes II , in honor of Caesar |
| 3 | III | G | C. | |
| 4th | PR (pridie NON) | H | C. | |
| 5 | NON | A. | F. | |
| 6th | VIII (ante diem EID ) | B. | F. | |
| 7th | VII | C. | C. | |
| 8th | VI | D. | C. | |
| 9 | V | E. | NP | Victory at Pharsalus , in honor of Caesar |
| 10 | IV | F. | NP | Holiday in honor of Ops |
| 11 | III | G | C. | |
| 12 | PR (pridie EID) | H | C. | |
| 13 | EID (EDVS) | A. | NP | Vertumnalia in honor of Vertumnus |
| 14th | XIX (ante diem K Septembres ) | B. | F. | |
| 15th | XVIII | C. | C. | |
| 16 | XVII | D. | C. | |
| 17th | XVI | E. | NP "PORT" | Portunalia in honor of Portunus |
| 18th | XV | F. | C. | |
| 19th | XIV | G | F. | Vinalia Rustica in honor of Jupiter |
| 20th | XIII | H | C. | |
| 21st | XII | A. | NP | Ludi Consualia , in honor of Consus |
| 22nd | XI | B. | EN + QRCF | |
| 23 | X | C. | NP + Tubilustrium | Vulcanalia , in honor of Vulcanus |
| 24 | IX | D. | C + QRCF | |
| 25th | VIII | E. | NP "OPIC" | Opiconsivia , in honor of Ops |
| 26th | VII | F. | C. | |
| 27 | VI | G | NP "VOLTV" | Volturnalia , in honor of Volturnus |
| 28 | V | H | C. | |
| 29 | IV | A. | Insertion day of Caesar 45 BC Chr. | |
| 30th | III | B. | Insertion day of Caesar 45 BC Chr. | |
| 31 | PR (pridie K Septembres) | C. | C. | 29. Sextilis of the Roman calendar |
literature
- Jörg Rüpke : The religion of the Romans . Beck, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-406-47175-7
Web links
- Calendarium Romanum (Latin)
- Index dierum calendarii Romani (Latin)