February

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Februarius is the forerunner of today's month in February . In the Roman calendar it was originally the underworld month and was in twelfth position in the year of office. It gets its name from the Latin word februare ( atonement , purify ).

When 153 BC Chr. Moved the beginning of the year of office to January 1st, February became the second month of the year of office. With the calendar reform of Gaius Iulius Caesar , from 45 BC Chr. An additional day inserted in each leap year .

Days of February

A part of this table needs to be revised: If the Tubilustrium (as an opponent to the Nones ) takes place in contrast to these a Nundinum AFTER the Ides , then it should always open in this month (and all others except Martius , Maius , Iulius and October ) fall on the 21st instead of the 23rd.
Please help to improve it , and then remove this flag.

Day characters and dates of the month
Day Roman name Nundinae
(before 45 BC) 		Nundinae
(from 45 BC) 		Day character Festive events
1 K F. H N "MATER REG"
2 IV (ante diem NON ) G A. N
3 III H B. N
4th PR (pridie NON) A. C. N
5 NON B. D. N " CONCORD IN CAPIT "
6th VIII (ante diem EID ) C. E. N
7th VII D. F. N
8th VI E. G N
9 V F. H N
10 IV G A. N
11 III H B. N
12 PR (pridie EID) A. C. N
13 OATH B. D. NP "FAVON" Parentalia , in honor of the deceased ancestors
14th XVI (ante diem K Martias ) C. E. N Parentalia
15th XV D. F. N "LVPER" Parentalia, Lupercalia , in honor of Lupercus
16 XIV E. G EN Parentalia
17th XIII F. H NP "QVIRINO" Parentalia, Quirinalia , in honor of Quirinus
18th XII G A. C. Parentalia
19th XI H B. C. Parentalia
20th X A. C. C. Parentalia
21st IX B. D. F "FERA" Feralia ( Di Manes , end of parentalia)
22nd VIII C. E. C + QRCF
23 Tubilustrium (VII) D. F. NP "TERMI" Terminalia , in honor of Terminus
24 VI E. G QRCF "REGIN" Regifugium
25th V F. H C.
26th IV G A. EN
27 III H B. NP "EQVIR" Equirria (Ecurria) in honor of Mars
28 PR (pridie K Martias) A. C. C.

See also

literature

Web links

Wiktionary: Februararius  - Explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In the Fasti there were only the numerical information without accompanying text, for example: Instead of ante diem III Nonas Februararias only III .