NovaRoma:Dates

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This is one of the Nova Roma wiki help files.

We have a large set of templates that simplify inserting Roman-style dates into wiki articles. The inserted dates also provide modern date glosses as hover text.

Contents 1 Example 2 Years 2.1 Conversion 2.2 This year AUC 2.3 This year Consular 3 Roman Dates 3.1 Conversion 3.1.1 Leap year 3.2 Today 4 Market day

Example

Templates always use pairs of braces. If you enter:

{{Jul 7}} {{2000}}

This is what will appear in the article:

Non. Quin. ‡ Q. Maximo M. Minucio cos. ‡ MMDCCLIII a.u.c.

Years

Conversion

Templates convert recent years to Roman-style consular dating. (List of available templates).

Type:

{{2004}}

to get:

Cn. Salvio Cn. Equitio cos. ‡ MMDCCLVII a.u.c.

This year AUC

Type:

{{AUC}}

to get the current year AUC in Arabic numerals:

2777

This year Consular

Type:

{{{{CURRENTYEAR}} }}

to get the current year in Consular form:

M. Cotta C. Petronio cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXVII a.u.c.

Roman Dates

Conversion

Templates convert dates in month-day format into Roman dates:

Type:

{{Jan 1}}

to get:

Kal. Ian. ‡.

• Months use three letter abbreviations without a period: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
• Days are not padded with leading zeroes.

Leap year

For dates that fall during a leap year, use the following special templates:

• {{Feb 25b}}
• {{Feb 26b}}
• {{Feb 27b}}
• {{Feb 28b}}

Today

Type:

{{{{CURRENTMONTHABBREV}} {{CURRENTDAY}}}}

to get today in Roman dating:

a.d. X Kal. Dec. ‡

"Today is a.d. X Kal. Dec. ‡." or "Hodiernus dies a.d. X Kal. Dec. ‡ est."

Market day

The {{marketday}} template simply gives the current market day. It is now set to G.