Maius
In the ancient Roman calendar , Maius was initially the third month of the year of office and the forerunner of May . It is named after the Greek goddess Maia , daughter of the Titan Atlas , who can be identified with the Roman goddess of fertility Bona Dea , whose festival was celebrated in May. In return, the Roman poet Ovid derives a different etymology, according to which the month is named after the maiores , the "elderly", and the following month, June, after the iuniores , the "young men" (Fasti VI.88) and the Etruscan month Amphilus corresponds.
In 153 BC Chr. Was the beginning of the year in office on January 1 laid, which is why the month Maius moved in the Official year to the fifth place. The calendar reform of Gaius Iulius Caesar left Maius from 45 BC. In the Julian calendar with 31 days in the same length.
Days of May
| 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.
|
A.
|
Holiday of the Bona Dea | ||
|
2
|
VI (ante diem NON ) |
G
|
B.
|
F.
|
||
|
3
|
V |
H
|
C.
|
Ludi Florales ( Floralia ), in honor of Flora | ||
|
4th
|
IV |
A.
|
D.
|
C.
|
||
|
5
|
III |
B.
|
E.
|
C.
|
||
|
6th
|
PR (pridie NON) |
C.
|
F.
|
C.
|
||
|
7th
|
NON |
D.
|
G
|
|||
|
8th
|
VIII (ante diem EID ) |
E.
|
H
|
F.
|
||
|
9
|
VII |
F.
|
A.
|
N "LEMVR"
|
Lemuria , in honor of the larvae | |
|
10
|
VI |
G
|
B.
|
C.
|
||
|
11
|
V |
H
|
C.
|
N "LEMVR"
|
Lemuria | |
|
12
|
IV |
A.
|
D.
|
C.
|
||
|
13
|
III |
B.
|
E.
|
N "LEMVR"
|
Lemuria | |
|
14th
|
PR (pridie EID) |
C.
|
F.
|
C.
|
||
|
15th
|
OATH |
D.
|
G
|
N + NP
|
Mercuralia , in honor of Mercurius | |
|
16
|
XVII (ante diem K Iunias ) |
E.
|
H
|
F "Maiae Invict"
|
||
|
17th
|
XVI |
F.
|
A.
|
C.
|
||
|
18th
|
XV |
G
|
B.
|
C.
|
||
|
19th
|
XIV |
H
|
C.
|
C.
|
||
|
20th
|
XIII |
A.
|
D.
|
C.
|
||
|
21st
|
XII |
B.
|
E.
|
NP "AGON"
|
Agonium / Agonalia, in honor of Vediovis | |
|
22nd
|
XI |
C.
|
F.
|
|||
|
23
|
X ( Tubilustrium ) |
D.
|
G
|
NP
|
||
|
24
|
IX |
E.
|
H
|
QRCF
|
||
|
25th
|
VIII |
F.
|
A.
|
C.
|
||
|
26th
|
VII |
G
|
B.
|
C.
|
||
|
27
|
VI |
H
|
C.
|
C.
|
||
|
28
|
V |
A.
|
D.
|
C.
|
||
|
29
|
IV |
B.
|
E.
|
C.
|
||
|
30th
|
III |
C.
|
F.
|
C.
|
||
|
31
|
PR (pridie K Iunias) |
D.
|
G
|
C.
|
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See also
literature
- Jörg Rüpke : The religion of the Romans . Beck, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-406-47175-7
Web links
- Calendarium Romanum on the Latin Wikipedia
- Index dierum calendarii Romani on the Latin Wikipedia