Question Can you convert this to a latin date for me please?
August 8, 2002
Answer Hello,
the date August 8,2002 equals to:
-“A.D. VI ID. AVG. ANNO MMII p.Chr. n.[shortened date in Roman style]
-“Ante diem sextum Idus Augustas, anno bis millesimo secundo post Christum natum” [full date in Roman style]
Both the above conversions mean literally :”the 6th day before the Ides of August in the year 2002 after the birth of Christ”).
Anyway in classical Latin such a date would be as follows:
-A.D.VI ID.AUG. MMDCCLV A.U.C.
[shortened date in Roman times]
-“Ante Diem Sextum Idus Augustas anno bis millesimo septingentesimo quinquagesimo quinto Ab Urbe Condita
[full date in Roman times]
Both the above conersions mean literally:"the 6th day before the Ides of August in the year 2755 from the foundation of the City of Rome").
Note that in ancient times the Romans counted the years starting from the foundation of Rome which was founded in 753 BC and then you must add 753 to 2002 = 2755 years from the foundation of the City of Rome).
Hope all is clear enough.
Anyway see below for learning more about this matter.
Best,
Maria
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Note that in the Roman calendar only three days of each month had specific names.
Here are these special dates:
-Kalends (Latin KALENDAE) which fell always on the 1st. day of the month.
-Nones (Latin NONAE) which fell usually on the 5th day of the month, except March, May, July and October, when they fell on the 7th.
-Ides (Latin IDUS ) which fell usually on the 13th, except March, May, July and October, when they fell on the 15th.
If it was not one of these special days, the Romans counted how many days there were before the next special day.
For example, the date August 8 corresponds to 6 days before the Ides of the August, since the Romans used an inclusive counting and then counted every day from August 8 to August 13 (Ides), i.e. 8, 9,10, 11, 12, 13.
Finally, when the date was the day before or after the Kalends, Nones and Ides, the Romans used the preposition "pridie" (meaning “the day before” ) or “postridie” (meaning “the day after”) followed by the accusative case.
For example “Pridie Kalendas Augustas” for July 31, as 31 was the day before the Kalends of August which fell just on August 1
