10 Month Roman Calendar

10 Month Roman Calendar. The calendar consisted of 10 months in a year of 304 days The 10 months were named Martius, Aprilis, Maius, Junius, Quintilis, Sextilis, September, October, November, and December.

This calendar was primarily based on the lunar cycle, resulting in a misalignment with the solar year The earliest Roman calendar, established by Romulus around 753 BCE, and consisted of only 10 months

Unfortunately, this early calendar was based on 10 months and only 304 days The Roman calendar, evolving from an early system devised by Romulus, initially consisted of 304 days with ten months The Romans borrowed parts of their earliest known calendar from the Greeks

. The Romans borrowed parts of their earliest known calendar from the Greeks According to tradition, Romulus, the legendary first king of Rome, oversaw an overhaul of the Roman calendar system around 738 BCE

. The earliest Roman calendar, established by Romulus around 753 BCE, and consisted of only 10 months The year began in March and consisted of 10 months, six of 30 days and four of 31 days, making a total of 304 days: it ended in December, to be followed by what seems to have been an uncounted winter gap.