Calendar, Roman Style Evolution

(Development of the Roman Calendar Through the Centuries)

Roman Calendars — in Transition


The dates displayed on this page show the transitions of the earliest Roman calendars to the last revised version.

Roman calendars from
Romulus (738 B.C.) to
Pope Gregory XIII (A.D. 1582)

Romulus Numa Council of
Decemvirs
Julius Augustus Gregory XIII
Circa
738 B.C.
713 B.C. 451 B.C. 47 B.C. 8 B.C. Europe
A.D. 1582
England
A.D. 1752
Months
# Days
Months
# Days
Months
# Days
Months
# Days
Months
# Days
Months
# Days
Martius
31
Januarius
29
Januarius
29
Januarius
31
Januarius
31
January
31
Aprilis
30
Martius
31
Februarius
28
Februarius
29/30
Februarius
28/29
February
28/29
Maius
31
Aprilis
29
Martius
31
Martius
31
Martius
31
March
31
Junius
30
Maius
31
Aprilis
29
Aprilis
30
Aprilis
30
April
30
Quintilis
31
Junius
29
Maius
31
Maius
31
Maius
31
May
31
Sextilis
30
Quintilis
31
Junius
29
Junius
30
Junius
30
June
30
Septemris
31
Sextilis
29
Quintilis
31
Julius
31
Julius
31
July
31
Octobris
30
Septembris
29
Sextilis
29
Sextilis
30
Augustus
31
August
31
Novembris
31
Octobris
31
Septembris
29
Septembris
31
Septembris
30
September
30
Decembris
29
Novembris
29
Octobris
31
Octobris
31
Octobris
31
October
31
Decembris
29
Novembris
29
Novembris
31
Novembris
30
November
30
Februarius
28
Decembris
29
Decembris
30
Decembris
31
December
31
304
days
355
days
355
days
365.25
days
365.25
days
365.2422
days

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Television does a pretty good job, too.

—Robert Orben

Permanence is a man-made fantasy smiled on by time.

—Paul von Ringelheim

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