Dies nefastus

Nefas is a redirect to this article. To the Lithuanian politician Saulius Nefas .

In contrast to the dies fasti, no legal cases could be submitted to the praetor and negotiated with the dies nefasti (for example, `` bad days ''), which are designated with N in the fasti of the Roman calendar . Ongoing and already submitted proceedings were not affected by the Nefas regulation on the N days. In this respect, the dies nefasti (from Latin "nefāstus" profane, ominous, evil, godless ) did not fulfill the feriae character.

Violations of this regulation could have serious consequences for the praetor in the event of willful infringement. In addition, unintentional violations seem to have been linked to sacred sanctions; For example, the praetor made an atonement ( piacularis hostia ) in the event of non-compliance , but this was omitted in the case of intent, since such an act was "impunible" and the praetor could be removed from office if a complaint ( legal system in ancient Rome ) was filed against his behavior followed. The parties involved did not suffer any legal disadvantage from the praetor's violation, as the case was rated as "officially accepted".

See also

• Day characters in the Roman calendar

literature

• Jörg Rüpke : Calendar and Public. The history of the representation and religious qualification of time in Rome (= Religious- historical experiments and preparatory work. Vol. 40). de Gruyter, Berlin et al. 1995, ISBN 3-11-014514-6 (also: Tübingen, University, habilitation paper, 1994).