Roman calendar

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The Roman calendar was the ancient timekeeping system of Rome that evolved from a lunar-based scheme into the foundation for later Western calendars.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman institution
calendar system
administeredBy Pontifex Maximus
linked to: pontifex maximus

Roman pontiffs
linked to: Papacy
basedOn lunar cycle
countedDaysRelativeTo Ides
linked to: Kalends Nones Ides

Kalends
Nones
earliestFormHadMonths 10
followedBy Julian calendar
hadDayCountingSystem Kalends Nones Ides
hadIrregularMonthLengths true
hasComponent Roman month
Roman week
Roman year
intercalary month
hasType lunar calendar
lunisolar calendar
includedMonth Aprilis
December
Februarius
linked to: February

Ianuarius
Iunius
Maius
Martius
November
October
Quintilis
September
Sextilis
influenced Gregorian calendar
Julian calendar
Western calendar traditions
intercalaryMonthName Mercedonius
laterFormHadMonths 12
laterYearBeganInMonth Ianuarius
linked to: Janus
originatedIn ancient Rome
linked to: Roman Antiquity
reformedBy Julius Caesar
reformResultedIn Julian calendar
requiredIntercalationToAlignWith solar year
usedBy ancient Romans
usedFor agricultural planning
legal deadlines
political assemblies scheduling
religious festivals scheduling
usedIn Roman Empire
Roman Kingdom
Roman Republic
wasGraduallyStandardizedIn late Republic
yearOriginallyBeganInMonth Martius

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Julian calendar follows Roman calendar
Julian calendar replaced Roman Republican calendar
linked to: Roman calendar
Julius Caesar reformed Roman calendar
Roman religion calendarLinkedTo Roman festival calendar
linked to: Roman calendar
Ides of March 44 BC hasCalendarType Roman Republican calendar
linked to: Roman calendar