CLST 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Numa Pompilius, Twelve Tables, Cassius Dio

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 103
• Professor: Christina Zaccagnino

Document Summary

In defence of milo who was accused of murder of pulcher. Milo spent the day in the senate: he changed his clothes and shoes, senators wear a special kind of clothes and red shoes. Tombs are written in first person to speak to passerby. Based on agriculture of the year & moon. People used to eat fruits seasonally, in the season they are harvested. There were 10 months and the year starts in march 304 days: also because pregnancy takes (9-)10 months. After the first four months they are just counting the months. Had a problem because after a while the seasons didn"t fall with the right months. For the first time, he divided the year into 12 months. Added another day to 354 days because there are a lot of superstitions about even numbers. First month of there year is still march (martius)