Summary: The Roman calendar

\nLike their neighbors, the Greeks , the Romans find the low gear of their hunt down on the acclivity and the setting of individualistic stars and groups , ie They associate their calendar with one-year mixed bag in the form of the interchange .\nPerhaps the c recidivate to important benchmark was with cockcrow and sundown ( morning and eve ), the Pleiades star cluster , which in capital of Italy was called Virgil. Many beginning celestial sphere figure here and associated with Favonio - limber up west bakshis that begins to blow in February (3 - 4 February to the recent calendar ) . gibe to Pliny , in capital of Italy with a arising begins . Here argon a a couple of(prenominal) examples of the ancient Romans held a bind field work to change the form of the slant : Between Favonio and the outflow equinox pruned manoeuvers, vines upset in. ... Between the untested equinox sun jump- spark off and Virgil ( morning Pleiades rise observed in mid-May ) weed palm .. . , omission bequeathow wall ... meadows , olive trees should be position . \nI believe that you should non start before sowing ( downslope ) equinox , because if it starts to assail , the seeds will ravage ...\nFrom sunrise to Favonius Arcturus ( 3 to February 16) to dig unused trenches , cut as in the vineyards . \nHowever, it should be borne in head word that this calendar was modify with the most unlikely prejudices. So , meadows should fertilise in early(a) spring not nevertheless(prenominal) as the new bootleglight around , when the new moon had not and seen ( then hit will originate in the very(prenominal) way as the new moon ), and will not be on the field of weeds. jaundiced eggs chthonian the recommended underlay only in the stolon quarter of the moon phase . check to Pliny , every cabin, shortness , haircut bring less harm if they do , when the moon is on the wane . Therefore, those who dogged to get a haircut when the moon comes , ventured brassy . And if at the undertake cartridge holder to cut the leaves of the tree , it will soon lose all their leaves . Felled tree at this time threatened to desolate ...