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 3 Roman Dates 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

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..

Roman Dates

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.

Market day

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