The Ides of March has come!

Darke said:
Okay, but how long do these Ides last?

FondleMyBalzac said:

The moon dictates whether or not it is High Ide or Low Ide.

PointBlank said:

Subrosa said:

Read the link, Blank! It's both a day and an eight day lunar phase. I read it on the internet, so it must be true.

Day of Ides

Ides, dedicated to Jupiter, was originally the time of the full moon. Because a full moon comes halfway thru each lunation, its day was called Idus in Latin from an Etruscan word meaning "divide."

After Ides, the next new moon was expected to appear in from 15 to 17 days. Variations in the length of time before another new moon can be sighted is due to constantly changing positions of moon and Earth relative to the sun.

When did they stop using the moon for months?

Romans separated their months from the lunar cycle in the fifth century B.C.E. Month lengths then became fixed. At that time, Ides was assigned as the 15th day in all months given 31 days in lengthâ "March, May, July and October. It was designated as the 13th day in all other months. As a result, from then on the Kalends section had from 16 to 19 days, the Nones section had either four or six days and the Ides section, as before, always had eight days.

PointBlank said:

But "Ides of _____" refers to the day.

from your link, jerkface:

God, your a moran.

Day of Nones

Nones (Latin nonus or ninth) was originally the day when the moon reached its first quarter phase. When the pontifex initially saw the lunar crescent he noted its width and, using empirical knowledge, calculated the number of days that were expected to elapse between then and the first quarter moon. He then specified that number after he announced the new crescent. If he called out the number six, the day following Kalends would be referred to as the sixth day before Nones.

In any given year, the second day of Martius might well have been designated as the sixth of the Nones of March: "ante diem VI Non. Mart." If this were the case, Nones would be the seventh day and Ides would be the 15th day of that month. The difference between these two dates, eight days, was always the length of the Ides section.

OlafTheTroll said:
So, am I seriously the first to notice that Subrosa confused BC and AD?

SPOILERS! (Click to view)

So much fail!

Subrosa said:

OlafTheTroll said:
So, am I seriously the first to notice that Subrosa confused BC and AD?

SPOILERS! (Click to view)

So much fail!

Hey, I said the Roman Calendar was wonky, OK?!?

ElizaTheTroll said:
So, am I seriously the first to notice that Subrosa confused BC and AD?

SPOILERS! (Click to view)

So much fail!

piggybankcowboy said:

ElizaTheTroll said:
So, am I seriously the first to notice that Subrosa confused BC and AD?

SPOILERS! (Click to view)

So much fail!

And nobody says anything about the misspelling of moron. Unless this is some new bastardization of language online that I'm unaware of, I'm surprised this didn't get called out.

gdarklighter said:

piggybankcowboy said:

ElizaTheTroll said:
So, am I seriously the first to notice that Subrosa confused BC and AD?

SPOILERS! (Click to view)

So much fail!

And nobody says anything about the misspelling of moron. Unless this is some new bastardization of language online that I'm unaware of, I'm surprised this didn't get called out.

Hi, welcome to the boards!