Roman Dates

[@miaodu1695]

Absolutely love your high-quality tutorials! I am teaching myself Latin and trying to learn more about ancient Rome and Greece.

[@josephsoltero7326]

Correction at 8:23: The Julian Calendar is 11 minutes LONG each year-hence why 10 days were deleted at the Gregorian reform.

[@kelvinkersey5058]

Pope Gregory reformed the European calendar in 1583 but we Brits didn't adopt it until 1752. the calendar jumped from Sept 2 to Sept 14. there were riots in London (the 11 day riots) because people thought the government had stolen 11 days of their lives

[@bluemberto6711]

I feel odd posting this now, given that the video is 8 years old, but I just wanted to mention that in Spanish the word for 'leap year' is "año *bisiesto*", and I just realized that "bisiesto" is derived from "bissextilis".

[@sierrasiler]

This is awesome!! I didn't at all understand it when my Latin teacher taught us but now it makes SO much more sense.. Gratias tibi!

[@latintutorial]

Thanks! I use Motion on a Mac. Adobe After Effects is similar to Motion.

[@graymitchellyt]

Do u use final cut as well I use both

[@MrViki60]

What font do you use?

[@ashley-px4qt]

Thank you so much! I have my midterm tomorrow and could not understand this all semester. You also helped me so much with subjunctive! I am forever indebted to you.

[@latintutorial]

You're welcome, and I hope you did well!

[@brianthomas1209]

Truly excellent videos and content. I refer to them regularly in classes for both high school and college students.

[@Ohlookitsajosh]

My goodness you are so amazing. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENTIRE KZbin CHANNEL!!! Gratias tibi ago :D you are so awesome!!

[@enkaipan1]

This is extremely well made and useful. Thank you

[@blonde_hobbit1891]

Love the part when you sum things up; very helpful for listener! I'm learning Latin immersively, and this video made the Ancient Roman Calendar much more understandable for my blonde brain. 10/10!!

[@savvageorge]

I like the way the Roman calendar makes use of the moon. They could probably see what date it was just by looking up at the sky. We break the year up into months but our months seem to have lost their moon origins. It's also quite handy knowing how many days are left till the month finishes.

[@tbearzhang]

A very clear explanation. One question, in your example, pridie Non Oct, I assume that Non Oct is also in the accusative (pl)? It was interesting that you mentioned the Roman month reckoning system originated from a lunar calendar. In the Chinese calender (which uses a lunar system for determining months and a solar system for determining the year), there were also special names for the first day of the month (new moon), and the middle of the month (full moon). However, the Chinese used a very simple and straightforward way of numbering the days like the modern calendar, and not the complex counting system employed by the Romans.

[@troyrowe7670]

Great explanation of the topic. Im currently learning Latin on my own, and im trying to keep a journal where I wrote what happened that day, or what i do, and I'm wanting to start putting the dates down. Do you know how I can write the dates in Latin based in iur current Gregorian calendar?

[@EllieRhea]

Great job! You explained it beautifully, thank you\

[@alphakky]

According to the Roman calendar, we are in the 28th Century (since the founding of Rome - 2774, MMDCCLXXIV A.U.C)

[@latinalive1259]

Gratias tibi ago. Can I use just a small section of your tutorial for a similar video on the same topic, but in Italian? Can you give me your permissione? Please, answer this message!

[@getmartincarter]

The Roman system of counting forward to the next key date forces the mind to plan forwards rather than look backwards as our system does. Does this make a difference , in my opinion yes. If you write a journal then start your day by writing the date ( AD V Kal. Decem ) using the Roman system . Amazingly your mind will immediately focus on what you have to do and how long you have to achieve this task .

[@turcorumtabul9524]

1:02 Āprīlis month name could come from the Etruscan Goddess of Beauty "Apru" which is the same as to "Aphrodite" in Greek and "Venus" in Roman Hellenism Religions

[@Akitlosz]

The years were named and counted after kings, consuls and emperors before Claudius. The Romans used the AUC Ab Urbe Conditas year counting system introduced by Claudius in AD 48. The currently used AD Anno Domini year counting system was introduced only in AD 537 by Justinian. 1 AUC = 753 BC 753 AUC = 1 BC 754 AUC = AD 1 1000 AUC = AD 247 2771 AUC = AD 2018

[@manuelkong10]

VERY helpful Thank you would have good if he'd had it in the vid

[@Akitlosz]

The only 10 months calendar was introduced by Romolus. Januarius, Februarius and Mercedonius were introduced by Numa Pumpilius the second King of Rome in 713 BC. Mercedonius was eliminated by Julius Caesar in 46 BC.

[@Auoric]

I have a question: How do I conjugate other months of the year? Like october is octobribus. Is november novembribus? How about Martius? Is it Martibribus? Also how do I conjugate ides and kalends according to its use? Please answer me. I'm sorry for being ignorant. I want to know more. Thank you.

[@legaleagle46]

First, nouns aren't conjugated, they're declined. Second, the names of the months are declined according to the declensions to which they belong. Januarius, Feburarius, Martius, Majus, Junius, Julius, and Augustus are all second-declension masculines, so their genitives, for example, would be Januarii, Februrarii, Martii, Maii, Junii, Julii, and Augusti, respectively. Aprilis, September, October, November, and December are all third-declension nouns, so THEIR genitives would be Aprilis, Septembris, Octobris, Novembris, and Decembris, respectively. And since the names of the months are usually singular, you only need to worry about learning the nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, and ablative singular of each month's name. "Ides" is actually a Latin neuter singular noun of the fourth declension (Idus), so its forms follow that declension. "Kalends" is a singular feminine first-declension noun in Latin "Kalenda" so it follows that declension's pattern.

[@Auoric]

Lee Cox Thank you so much!

[@legaleagle46]

You're welcome, but I must correct one comment of mine. "Idus" ("Ides") is not a masculine singular noun of the second declension but a NEUTER singular noun of the FOURTH declension. Its forms, therefore, would be: idus, idus, idui, idum, idu.

[@manuelkong10]

I REALLY wish you could over pronounce the months more

[@turritopsisrockola]

Great content. I'm curious to know when did the romans start counting our gregorian year 1, set by the birth of Christ, as their first year as well. And what year were they at? When did they start counting years. Thanks

[@ldr7125]

I don’t believe the Romans ever did that. It was in the Middle Ages that we started using the birth of Christ as the epoch

[@Mikey-qz1qu]

i love the video but i have a question for my class do i keep writing the nones and ides after the first time please reply

[@latintutorial]

I guess I don't understand your question. Often we see this dating system used when referring to specific dates, e.g., "on the fifth day before the Nones of November". If you're going to list out an entire month, for instance, then I would recommend that you do it as I do it at the end of the video (starting at 7:18), where you use the abbreviations, like a d VI Non Oct, then a d V Non Oct.

[@Mikey-qz1qu]

latintutorial hey thanks man i got it right but i hope your channel gets more subs

[@latintutorial]

Ben Tooth Spread the word...

[@wendelynnguyen2575]

Great video! What editing software do you use? I'm starting to make videos like these but with French. Check me out when I upload.

[@MrViki60]

What font do you use in your videos?

[@WillStanbridge]

Were there not ten months in the calendar of Romulus?

[@latintutorial]

+Will Stanbridge Well, that's assuming that Romulus is real, and he isn't. What we do know is that the 12 month calendar ascribed to Numa (again, likely another made-up founder of Rome) did exist and was necessarily reformed by Julius Caesar. Roman origin stories in pre-literary time are often too good to be true and should be looked at skeptically, as tall tales, unless there is some evidence to back them up. Much of Rome's early history is fabrication, even the things we think should be accurate, like the list of consuls stretching back to 509 BC. It doesn't make much sense to have a 10 month year based on the lunar cycle with more than 50 intercalary days to make up the difference. And if Romulus did exist, I would expect him to be smarter than that.

[@googleuser2479]

I 💗 the rhyme!

[@erics7992]

Once I learned it I have grown to love the Roman dating system. It is probably too complicated, like you say, to use in the present conditions of the world but it is nice that we still have it. The Popes would occasionally date their encyclicals using the Roman dates even into the 20th century before everything got modernized in the Vatican.

[@hilliard665]

This really threw me but I think it's because I've encountered this inclusive counting

[@hilliard665]

I've not**

[@kaioocarvalho]

What happened to people born in a mensis intercalaris? I mean, how do celebrate your birthday?

[@wcovey9405]

King Numa Pompilius added Jan., and Feb., to the end of the year, not the beginning. It was the Roman Rep., made Jan., the first month of the Roman calendar year. More corrections, Numa's Roman calendar had a short year and a long year, one of 355 days and the long year of 377 days; the average between the two comes to 366 days. Feb., for both years was 28 days. You need to redo this.

[@mjmclaugh4572]

This was great minus the insert of opinion that this calendar didn't make sense. It made sense to them and you even stated how they calculated it. Doesn't matter if it makes sense to you or not in modern day.

[@412StepUp]

How did the Romans number their years? For example what years did they consider 100 B.C. and 100 A.D. to be?

[@Pille1842]

They counted years from the mythical foundation of the city, 753 BCE -- this is called "ab urbe condita", AUC or "since the city was founded". The years were not called by their number, however, but by the consuls that were in office each year. So the year 44 BCE (or 710 AUC) would be called "C(aio) Iulio Caesare et M(arco) Antonio cons(ulibus)", "when Caesar and Mark Antony were consuls". This system was kept during the imperial period and only abolished in 541/542 AD by Emperor Justinian (he abolished the consulship altogether in that year). After that, years were counted as regnal years of the emperor, e.g. "in the fourteenth year of the reign of Justinian".

[@oliverhoward1940]

good vid

[@mastercabbage]

Shakespeare.

[@PaquitoRoad]

Optime!

[@jeremiahcastro9700]

Funny how the Sun, Moon and stars repeat the same exact cycle every year...but mankind embarrassingly is the one constantly late and messing things up...that's what I learned from this video and other historical calendar videos.

[@bevin9736]

Why do you call him julius? His name was iulius

[@remavas7076]

The i is a consonant here. So it's pronounced julius.

[@carloscubias6281]

I like this so much. And I think their method is not so difficult to understand. I think we use it, not in days but in minutes, or hours. Example. -what time is it? -15 to 12. Or alternatively A quarter to twelve. I guess some things never change.

[@icegoddess1308]

I was always taught there were originally only 10 months, hence the OCTOber and DECember, and that it became twelve when Caesar came into power and added the months of July (Julius) and August (Augustus) after him and his nephew

[@Akitlosz]

The name of Februarius come from februum what means purification. The name of Aprilis means month of Venus from the etruscan language. The name of Venus is Apru in the etruscan language. The 13th month was Mercedonius - Work month - before the Julian reform between Februarius and Martius.

[@mayoite160]

yeah such a massive mystery why this brilliantly simple system has fallen out of use /s

[@joseleonido3479]

I thought this meant romantic dates.

[@getmartincarter]

Carpe diem

[@louisxvii2137]

The Romans are just a romanized Trojan Epic type of hellish standard. Now open your Bibles, it's time for today's guilt. Lol. I learned that from the alphabet.

[@oliverrodriguez7470]

LOUIS XVII I’m sorry?