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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 4679845, member: 99554&quot;]The Romans did not number the days of the months consecutively. They reckoned backwards from three fixed points: The kalends, the nones, and the ides. The kalends is the first day of the month. For months with 31 days the nones fall on the 7th and the ides the 15th. For other months the nones fall on the 5th and the ides on the 13th. The position of the kalends, nones, and ides were not changed in either of the two reforms of 46 BC and 8 BC. III Non. Ian. is to be read “three before the nones of January” which, considering the Roman inclusive count, falls on January 3. V Kal. Iun. is “five before the kalends of June,” or May 28. The day before one of the three reference days is labeled “pridie.” Prid. Kal. Ian. is always the last day of December.</p><p>Fortunately, each time the calendar was reformed, the positions in the month of annual events and anniversaries remained unchanged. For example, the Saturnalia always began on December 17th, even though the rep resentation for that day changed from XIIII Kal. Ian. to XV Kal. Ian. to XVI Kal. Ian.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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