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Marius Peregrine wrote:A given day will also fit into one of three religious categories: dies fasti, considered auspicious for all public and private business; dies nefasti partes, when government business is prohibited but private enterprise is not ("Federal holidays," so to speak); and dies nefasti, "bad-luck days," when no public meetings may take place nor shops be open for business. (Dies nefasti tend to take place on high holy days, the anniversaries of national disasters, or as days of public mourning for a fallen hero.)
Uhm, close enough. I don't really know what you mean by
dies nefasti partes. A
dies fasti is a civil day when government and private business may be conducted. Some of these are designated as
dies comitialis as they are
dies fasti when a comita could be called to assemble or certain court proceedings could take place.
Dies nefasti are high holy days as Marius explained, but they are not 'bad luck days' Those would be
dies ater. The day after every kalends, nones, and ides are designated as
dies ater as are the anniversaries of Cannae and the battle on the Allio. On those days no new project should be begun, but you can continue some ongoing business. It is just an ill-omened day. There were also the
dies nefasti publicae. No one is quite sure but it may be those holidays when rites were to be performed at home in conjunction with rites performed in public. Then there are the
dies endotercisus when the morning and evening are
nefasti but the midday is
fasti.
The weekdays were designated by the letters A thru H, the same system as was used in the Book of Hours in the 15th century.
There was not a standard calendar. Each town had its own holidays, and thus its own religious categories for days. The imperial army also had its own calendar based around the imperial culti divi.
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