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	Legion XXIV - Glossary - M
		To make the calendar better correspond to the solar year, these extra nine days were inserted as a part of the "intercalery" month "Mercedonius" between the 23rd and 24th days of February, every other year.
		MERCEDONIUS The so-called "intercalery" (added to the calendar) month of 27 or 28 days, also known as "Intercalans" that was inserted every other year into the month of February / Februarius to make the Roman Republican Calendar correspond more closely to the actual length of the solar year.
		The month or period of Mercedonius was inserted between the 23rd and 24th days of February and consisted of 22 or 23 days, plus the last five remaining days (24th thru 28th) of February.
	www.legionxxiv.org /glossaryM (648 words)

	Calendopaedia - The Roman Calendar
		This was known as Intercalans or Mercedonius and was inserted after 23rd of February in alternate years.
		Mercedonius was alternately 22 or 23 days in length.
		This was a very complicated system and still did not keep in synchronisation with the phases of the moon so the decisions as to when the intercalary month was added and how long it should be fell into the hands of a group of high priests known as the pontiffs.
	www.geocities.com /calendopaedia/roman.htm (599 words)

	New Year
		Mercedonius were added to the end of the year (Mercedonius only in
		Because consuls were chosen in January, and because years were named after the consuls who served in that year, January became the de facto beginning of the year.
		Julian calendar, dropping Mercedonius and decreeing that the New Year should start on 1 January.
	www.geocities.com /worldkigo/newyear.html (725 words)

	Homer News Online - Holiday Village
		The ancient Roman calendar had only ten months and started the year on 1 March, which is still reflected in the names of some months which derive from Roman numerals: September (Seventh), October (Eighth), November (Ninth), December (Tenth).
		Around 715 BC the months of January, February and Mercedonius were added to the end of the year (Mercedonius in leap years only).
		In 45 BC Julius Caesar introduced the Julian calendar, dropping Mercedonius and decreeing that the New Year should start on 1 January.
	www.homernews.com /holidayvillage/newyear.shtml (1018 words)

	Render Unto Caesar
		Numa was advised by his astronomers that the extra 355th day would not be sufficient to agree with the seasons—which were important not only in agriculture but in military operations as well.
		It became knows as the "Year of Confusion." Caesar took the 355-day year with its inserted Mercedonius of 23 days and then added two more months making it 445 days long, a drastic operation which brought the calendar into step with the seasons.
		The new leap-year day was inserted after the 23rd of February, where the 13th month of Mercedonius had been previously intercalated.
	personal.ecu.edu /mccartyr/caesar.html (2011 words)

	New Year's Day Information - Funny-Ecards.com - Free e-Cards For All Occasions!
		Roman priest were free to, at their own discretion, add an intercalary month, Mercedonius (22 days) behind February.
		Mercedonius was only to be included in leap years with the intent of realigning the year with the seasons.
		With the adaptation of the Julian calendar in 45 BC, the month of Mercedonius was eliminated and January 1st was, and continues to be, the established start of the New Year.
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	The Hindu : Young World : Keeping track of the days of the year
		However, four months of 31 days, seven months of 29 days, and one month of 28 days added up to only 355 days.
		Therefore the Romans invented an extra month called Mercedonius of 22 or 23 days.
		But Julius Caesar brought the calendar back in step with the seasons by compensating a year with 445 days.
	www.hindu.com /yw/2006/01/13/stories/2006011300080800.htm (638 words)

	Happy new year in different language abba lyric happy new year photo card tiara. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Approximately in 715 BC the months of January, February and Mercedonius were added to the end of the year.
		Because consuls were selected in January, and for the reason that years were named after the consuls who served in that year, January became the de facto commencement of the year.
		In Europe during the medieval times a number of important feast days in the clerical calendar of the Roman Catholic Church came to be used as the commencement of the year:
	www.yourdictionary.com /business_profile/debt/gifts/happy-new-year.html (1043 words)

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		The months of January, February and Mercedonius were later added to the end of the calendar so that the calendar coincided more with a lunar year.
		However, Mercedonius was often inserted at inappropriate times or used, politically, to either shorten or lengthen the year.
		With the adaptation of the Julian calendar in 45 BC, the month of Mercedonius was eliminated and January 1st was the established start of the New Year.
	www.funny-ecards.com /cards/newyear/index2.html (419 words)

	Ancient Roman Calendar - Covenant Day School Junior Classical League (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The year, based on cycles and phases of the moon, totaled 355 days, about 10 1/4 days shorter than the solar year.
		The occasional intercalation of an extra month of 27 or 28 days, called Mercedonius, kept the calendar in step with the seasons.
		The Pontifex Maximus and the College of Pontiffs had the authority to alter the calendar, and they sometimes did so to reduce or extend the term of a particular magistrate or other public official.
	cdsjcl.f2g.net /romecalendar.html (1323 words)

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		At certain intervals Roman priests inserted an intercalary month, Mercedonius, after February to realign the year with the seasons.
		¡éé ª:]D.òó1!0ß]bòó2!0ß¦±òó3!0ßßæó ¨Mercedonius Explainedª¨Mercedonius was a month in the ancient Roman calendar.
		Also known as Intercalaris it was a intercalary month of 22 days, being inserted into the month of Februarius only in leap years.
	www.reslife.net /assets/docs/February_Multifaceted.ppt (350 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - Features (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		From the earliest times the Roman year was divided into 12 months of varying lengths and the year consisted of 355 days.
		The remaining 10 days of the solar years were made into an extra or intercalated month called Mercedonius.
		Julius Caesar asked the great astronomer Sosignes of Alexandria how the Roman calendar (which was confused and inaccurate could be reformed.
	www.dailynews.lk /2002/01/02/fea05.html (848 words)

	Mercedonius \| THG Lexikon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Mercedonius, auch Intercalaris genannt, war ein in dem altrömischen Kalender nach dem 23.
		Später wurde ein System vom griechischen Kalender übernommen, nach dem alle acht Jahre mehrere Monate in den Kalender eingefügt wurden.
		Der Mercedonius wurde von Julius Caesar abgeschafft, als er den Julianischen Kalender im Jahre 45 v.
	www.tomshardware.de /lexikon/Mercedonius (107 words)

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		For Mercedonius did not know whether 22 or 23 days were intercalated.
		Nor was he able to make a conjecture based on the equinox which I described above, because Cicero left one day of doubt in his account.
		But it must be presumed that in these times the equinox happened on the 25th (and 26th) of March, at which time Caesar placed it.
	www.richmond.edu /~wstevens/keplerlucan/alleng2.html (1807 words)

	Christian Calendar and Intercalation
		In 450 BC, February was moved to its current position between January and March.
		In order to make up for the lack of days in a year, an extra month, Intercalaris or Mercedonius, (allegedly with 22 or 23 days) was introduced in some years.
		It was the duty of the priesthood to keep track of the calendars, but they failed miserably, partly due to ignorance, partly because they were bribed to make certain years long and others short.
	www.alinaam.org.za /library/calendar2.htm (1389 words)

	calendar history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The earliest Latin calendar only had ten months, but even with twelve months, the year would only have had 355 days.
		The Romans inserted a month called Mercedonius, consisting of 22 or 23 days, every second year.
		Even with Mercedonius, it had been found that the seasons had shifted about two months from where they should be on the calendar.
	www.abqgen.swnet.com /article7.htm (1813 words)

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		In 450 BC these guys adopted a calendar in which odd-numbered years had 12 months and 355 days, while even-numbered years had 13 months and alternated between 377 and 378 days.
		The extra month, called Mercedonius, was stuck smack in the middle of February.
		It featured an extra long Mercedonius as well as two extra months after December, called Undecimber and Duodecimber.
	math.ucr.edu /home/baez/twf_ascii/week175 (4187 words)

	To Leap Or No?: The Story of Leap Year - Humor Computers & Internet
		The problem was, however, that four months of 31 days, seven months of 29 days, and one month of 28 days only added up to 355 days.
		Therefore, the Romans introduced an extra month at no additional charge called Mercedonius, which contained 22 or 23 days and was added every second year.
		Even with Mercedonius, the calendar became so far off that Julius Caesar, advised by the astronomer, Sosigenes, ordered a sweeping reform.
	www.bytebackonline.com /Articles_p/leap_p.html (1471 words)

	The Roman Calendar
		The calendar continued to all out of sync with the solar year.
		The College of Pontiffs when necessary announced the addition of the month of Mercedonius or Intercalaris, a month of 22 or 23 days.
		For various reasons (sometimes political) the College would permit the calendar to fall grossly out of sync with the solar year [i.e., "New Year" would fell in October in 46 BCE].
	abacus.bates.edu /~mimber/Rciv/roman.cal.htm (2701 words)

	Roman calendar and Roman dates
		February was the shortest month with 28 days and every other year a whole extra month - called Mercedonius which alternated between 22 days and 23 days - was inserted after the 23rd day of February to try to keep the calendar in line with the solar year of approximately 365 days.
		At the end of Mercedonius the remaining five days of February were taken, so Mercedonius was followed by the 24th of February.
		Because - like Mercedonius - the extra day was not part of February.
	www.wilkiecollins.demon.co.uk /roman/calhis.htm (2910 words)

	When January was given an extra day! - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Mercedinus was inserted after February 23 or 24, and the last days of February were moved to the end of Mercedinus and at times the remaining five days of February were omitted.
		By 46 B.C. even with Mercedonius the Roman calendar became so far off that Julius Caesar advised by the astronomer Sosigenes, ordered a sweeping reform in 45 B.C. In order to bring the calendar back in step with the seasons, one year was made 445 days long.
		All months (except February) had 30 or 31 days, to bring the calendar's total to 365 days.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/dec312004/os3.asp (832 words)

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		Around 715 BC the months of January, February and Mercedonius were added to the end of the year
		Because consuls were chosen in January, and because years were named after
		introduced the Julian calendar, dropping Mercedonius and decreeing that the New Year should start on 1 January.
	free-wallpapers-screensavers.com /free-screen-savers/i_New_Year_0501.html (136 words)

	Should non-christians celebrate christmas?
		But it is rather weird when you actively celebrate the birth of the central figure of a religion although you may be neutral towards it or even oppose it.
		Arguably, it's Christians who are in error by setting up a holiday tree --- nowhere in the New Testaments is such a practice mentioned or encouraged.
		And how does that prove that "1st Jan New year" isn't a religious feast?
	www.in-my-opinion.org /in-my-opinion-5207.html (720 words)

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