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 4.1 Nundinal letter this year 4.2 Nundinal letter today 5 Time in Rome

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.

For years BCE add a negative sign before the date:

Type:

{{-509}}

to get:

L. Iunio L. Tarquinio cos.‡ (CCXLV 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. VIII Kal. Dec. ‡

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

Market day

Nundinal letter this year

Type:

{{marketday}} 

for the current market day. It is now set to G.

Nundinal letter today

Type:

{{#switch: {{ #expr: {{ #time: z }} mod 8 }} | 0=A | 1=B | 2=C | 3=D | 4=E | 5=F | 6=G | 7=H }}
or
{{TodayLetter}}

for the nundinal letter for "today". The letter today is A.

Time in Rome

Due to caching of pages, it is not possible to get the accurate time within the wiki. The LOCALTIME template should *NOT* be used.