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- Mercedonius abstract "The 'mensis intercalaris' was the intercalary month added in leap years of the Roman calendar. The resulting year was either 377 or 378 days long. According to the first-century AD writer Plutarch the month was also known as Mercedinus or Mercedonius.This month was supposed to be inserted every two or three years to align the 355-day common year with the tropical year. The decision whether to insert the intercalary month was made by the pontifex maximus, supposedly based on observations to ensure the best possible correspondence with the seasons. Unfortunately the pontifex maximus (whose office was generally held by a politician or soldier, notably Julius Caesar during the so-called Years of Confusion) often neglected to insert the month at the proper time, or deliberately inserted it early or late to allow some officials to stay in office longer or force others out early. Such unpredictable intercalation meant that dates following Februarius could not be known in advance; and Roman citizens living outside of Rome would often not know the current date.The exact mechanism by which this was done is not clearly specified in ancient sources. Some scholars, such as Ludwig Ideler, the staff writers of Encyclopaedia Britannica and Elias Bickerman hold that in intercalary years February's length was fixed at 23 days and it was followed by a variable length mensis intercalaris with 27 or 28 days. The last two works are the specialist treatments most available to the general public. This view is followed in generalist surveys of calendrical history such as those of D E Duncan, G R Richards or A Aveni. Following the discussion of intercalation in A. K. Michels, The Calendar of the Roman Republic (Princeton, 1967) 145–172, the standard reference on the pre-Julian calendar, some specialist studies of the pre-Julian calendar published since 1967 including papers and books by A. E. Samuel, P. S. Derow, P. Brind'Amour, V. M. Warrior, J. Rüpke, R. Hannah, and C. J. Bennett claim that in intercalary years Februarius was truncated to 23 or 24 days, to be followed by an intercalary month of 27 days. Against: H. Chantraine, dismissed by Brind'Amour as special pleading. Whatever the details, the five days a.d. VI Kal. Mart. to Prid. Kal. Mart., normally located at the end of February, are the concluding days of the mensis intercalaris in intercalary years. As a result, the year was lengthened by a total of 22 or 23 days. Romans believed that the month had been added to the Roman calendar, along with Ianuarius and Februarius, by King Numa Pompilius in the 7th century BC. The name Mercedonius comes from merces, meaning wages, as workers were paid at that time of year.The month was eliminated by Julius Caesar when he introduced the Julian calendar in 46 BC.".
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- Mercedonius wikiPageWikiLink Category:Months.
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- Mercedonius wikiPageWikiLink Intercalation_(timekeeping).
- Mercedonius wikiPageWikiLink Julian_calendar.
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- Mercedonius wikiPageWikiLink Leap_year.
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- Mercedonius wikiPageWikiLink Season.
- Mercedonius wikiPageWikiLink Tropical_year.
- Mercedonius wikiPageWikiLink Undecimber.
- Mercedonius wikiPageWikiLinkText "Intercalaris".
- Mercedonius wikiPageWikiLinkText "Intercalary Month".
- Mercedonius wikiPageWikiLinkText "Mensis Intercalaris".
- Mercedonius wikiPageWikiLinkText "Mercedonius".
- Mercedonius wikiPageWikiLinkText "intercalary month".
- Mercedonius wikiPageWikiLinkText "leap months".
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- Mercedonius subject Category:Months.
- Mercedonius subject Category:Roman_calendar.
- Mercedonius hypernym Month.
- Mercedonius type Holiday.
- Mercedonius type Calendar.
- Mercedonius comment "The 'mensis intercalaris' was the intercalary month added in leap years of the Roman calendar. The resulting year was either 377 or 378 days long. According to the first-century AD writer Plutarch the month was also known as Mercedinus or Mercedonius.This month was supposed to be inserted every two or three years to align the 355-day common year with the tropical year.".
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