QUINCTILIS
The month of the fifth Full Moon after the Vernal Equinox, Quinctilis is dedicated to Jupiter. Quinctilis was known as Flores, "the month of flowers," among some Oscan speaking tribes and was later renamed Julius by the Romans to honor of G. Julius Caesar.
1 N: KALENDS 29 Jun Juno Regina in Aventino 392; Felicitas 49.
2 VI Non 30 Jun N: Put eggs under the hen at New Moon (Pliny Nat. Hist. 18.75)
3 V Non 1 Jul N: Land must be manured more particularly while the moon is New, or else at the First Quarter (Pliny Nat. Hist. 18.75) Morning rising of Orion issues in period of storms.
4 IV Non 2 Jul N: Pax. Canicula (Procyon in Canis Minor) rises, productive of excessive heat.
5 III Non 3 Jul NP: POPLIFUGIA; Feriae Jovi. Dog Days begin.
6 Prid Non 4 Jul N: Fortuna Muliebris Via Latina ad millarium IV celebrates Coriolanus driven off by supplications of the women of Rome in 488. Ludi Apollinares 212: Sacrifice of an ox and two white she-goats to Apollo and a heifer to Latona. Earth at aphelion.
7 N: NONAE CAPROTINAE: Juno Caprotina (Plut. Rom. 29.2); Pales 267; Ludi Apollinares sacrifices to Consus in the Circus Maximus followed by chariot races (Tertullian De Spec. 5.7); Ancillam Feriae honoring serving girls for their part in turning back Coriolanus in 488.
8 VIII Idus 6 Jul N: Vitulatio Pontifex sacrificed a heifer and first fruits of June to Vitula to ensure life and in thanks for a victory over Etruscans (Macro. 3.2.11). Moon on the equator
9 VII Idus 7 Jul N: Ludi Apollinares with two days of theatrical displays.
10 VI Idus 8 Jul C: Work to be done after the Summer Solstice: the ground must have another?
11 V Idus 9 Jul C: ?turning and the trees must be cleared about the roots and moulded up.
The seed plots, too, must be well cleared by the hoe, the barley harvested, and the threshing floors prepared. (Pliny Nat. Hist. 18.71) Moon on the Dragon?s Tail.
12 IV Idus 10 Jul C: Natalis Julius Caesar 100. Moon at perihelion.
13 III Idus 11 Jul C: Apollo in pratis Flaminiis, 431.
Tempests comprehends hail storms, hurricanes, & other calamities of a similar nature, when these take place at the Full Moon, they come upon us with additional intensity. Tempests take their rise in certain noxious constellations ? Arcturus, Orion, & the Kids (Pliny Nat. Hist. 18.67)
14 Prid Idus 12 Jul MC: Make your ditches in the night when the Moon is Full (Pliny Nat. Hist. 18.75)
15 MNP: IDIBUS Transvectio Equitum procession of the equites in red togae from Porta Capena to the Capitoline where sacrifices were made to Castor and Pollux. Battle of Lake Regillus, 496. Full Moon
Cover up the roots of trees while the Moon is Full (Pliny Nat. Hist. 18.75)
16 XVII Kal Sext 14 Jul MF: Sulpicius? failure to attain omens, is defeated by Gauls at Allia, in 390. Tradition not to hold any rites or marriages on day after the Ides.
17 XVI Kal Sext 15 Jul MC: Honos 233; Honos et Virtus ante Portam Capenam, 205
18 XV Kal Sext 16 Jul MC: Dies Ater Fabii ambushed at Cremera, 477; Gauls defeat Sulpicius at Allia, 390, leads to sack of Rome
19 XIV Kal Sext 17 Jul MNP: LUCARIA: "Letting in the Light" ritual ground clearing by cutting back shrubs to the roots and burning prunings, celebrated at a sacred grove between the Tiber and Via Salaria. The Great Fire of Rome under Nero, 64 CE. Conjunction of Mars and Moon.
20 XIII Kal Sext 18Jul C: Ludi Victoria Caesaris in circo (20-30 July)
21 XII Kal Sext 19 Jul NP: LUCARIA ritual clearing of sacred grove continued with an uprooting of shrubs. Sacrifices made to the indigitamenta Coinquenda (felling) Commolenda (cutting), Deferunda (parcelling) and Adolenda (burning).. Moon on the equator.
22 XI Kal Sext 20 Jul C: Concordiae Saturnus and Rhea
23 X Kal Sext 21 Jul NP: NEPTUNALIA Sacrifices to Neptunus and Salacia.
24 IX Kal Sext 22 Jul N: Make seed plots when the moon is above the horizon. Moon at apogee.
25 VIII Kal Sext NP: FURRINALIA at the Grove of Furrina where C Gracchus was slain, 123.
26 VII Kal Sext 24 Jul C: All vegetable productions are cut, gathered, and housed to more advantage
27 VI Kal Sext 25 Jul C: while the moon is on the wane (Pliny Nat. Hist. 18.75).
28 V Kal Sext 26 Jul C: Conjunction of Moon and Saturn. As the wolf falls upon the flock?
29 IV Kal Sext 27 Jul C: ? the rain upon ripe corn, the Sirocco on trees? (Virgil Eclog 3.80-1)
30 III Kal Sext 28 Jul C: Fortuna Huiusce Diei in Campo Martio, 101
31 Prid Kal Sext 29 Jul C: New Moon Interlunium from the conjunction of the moon and four days