Talk:Compitalia

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[edit] Date of Compitalia

The article states: "Cicero[16] [relates] that it fell on the Kalends of January; but in one of his letters to Atticus[17], he speaks of it as occurring on the fourth before the Nones of January." Since the kalends of January is 1 January, and the nones of January is 5 January, wouldn't the fourth day before the nones of January be the same as the kalends of January? --Bob

  • When they counted backwards, they included the day they were counting back from. So, 4 days before January 5th is 5, 4, 3, 2 -- the 2nd of January. January 3rd is 3 days before the nones: 5, 4, 3. More info here. — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-20 21:34

[edit] The words which announced the feast

are known to us from two sources, but if they are short enough, why not transcribe them here? Chris CII 21:16, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

  • I don't know if there are any English translations available, at least not online. — BRIAN0918 • 2006-06-20 21:50
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