| Description |
1 online resource (177 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1. Astronomy and Calendars; 2. Early Greek Calendars; 3. Classical Greek Calendars; 4. Synchronisms; 5. The Calendars of Rome; 6. Afterwords; Select Bibliography; Index of Passages Cited; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; O; P; S; T; V; X; Z; Index of Subjects; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z |
| Summary |
The smooth functioning of an ordered society depends on the possession of a means of regularising its activities over time. That means is a calendar, and its regularity is a function of how well it models the more or less regular movements of the celestial bodies - of the moon, the sun or the stars. Greek and Roman Calendars examines the ancient calendar as just such a time-piece, whose elements are readily described in astronomical and mathematical terms. The story of these calendars is one of a continuous struggle to maintain a correspondence with the regularity of the seasons and the sun, d |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-164) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Astronomy -- Calendars
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Calendar, Greek.
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Calendar, Roman.
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Astronomy
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Calendar, Greek
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Calendar, Roman
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| Genre/Form |
Calendars
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781849667517 |
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1849667519 |
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