The Roman calendar from Numa to Constantine : time, history, and the fasti /

• Main Author: Rüpke, Jörg
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
• Subjects: Calendar, Roman.; Chronology, Roman.; Festivals > Rome > History.; SCIENCE > Time.; Festivals.; Manners and customs.; Religion.; Rome > Religion.; Rome > Social life and customs.; Rome (Empire); Electronic books.; History.

Table of Contents:

• Time's social dimension
• Observations on the Roman fasti
• Towards an early history of the Roman calendar
• The introduction of the Republican calendar
• The written calendar
• The Acilian law and the problem of pontifical intercalation
• Reinterpretation of the fasti in the temple of the Muses
• From Republic to Empire
• The disappearance of marble calendars
• Calendar monopoly and competition between calendars
• The calendar in the public realm.