(05-01-2025, 06:03 PM)tavie wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Since so much of the Roman origin story has been made up or distorted, we don't know for sure that the 10 month calendar existed
No, we don't know that for sure, but the narrative is in the world. The important thing is that it is not a modern invention. It is a real pity that none of the descriptions of the calendar on the net provide a source reference.
(05-01-2025, 06:03 PM)tavie wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.But it just seems a really odd choice to follow a calendar that at best hadn't been used for over two thousand years.
Yes, at first glance that does seem a bit strange. On the other hand, if you wanted to concentrate on the “fertile” months in your presentation, a calendar like this could come in handy. In the Middle Ages, the use of old sources in a treatise always gave it the appearance of authenticity and truthfulness. So if such a source was available, why not incorporate it ?