December


Today’s dates — the Roman Way: Decembris, A.U.C. 2754, A.D. 2001

The dates displayed on this site are essentially based on the style expressed by Roman calendars (Julian or Old Style) and are adapted to the Gregorian (New Style) calendars in use by most of the world today in an effort to show the transitions from those historical calendar styles that express the continuity of past and present.

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Decembris mensis
Decembris
December

  Arabic     Roman     Roman     Anglo-Saxon     English  
  Day     Day     Week     Week     Week  
Numbers Names Days Days Days
         
1 Calends   dies Saturni     Saterndaeg     Saturday  
2   IV ad Nones   dies solis   sunnandaeg     Sunday  
3   III ad Nones     dies lunae     monandaeg     Monday  
4   Pridie Nones     dies Martis     Tiwesdaeg     Tuesday  
    waning   gibbous   moon
5   Nones     dies Mercurii     Wodensdaeg     Wednesday  
6   VIII ad Ides     dies Jovis     Thursdaeg     Thursday  
7   VII ad Ides     dies Veneris     Frigedaeg     Friday  
    last   guarter   moon
8   VI ad Ides     dies Saturni     Saterndaeg     Saturday  
9   V ad Ides     dies solis     sunnandaeg     Sunday  
10   IV ad Ides     dies lunae     monandaeg     Monday  
11   III ad Ides     dies Martis     Tiwesdaeg     Tuesday  
    waning   crescenct   moon
12   Pridie Ides     dies Mercurii     Wodensdaeg     Wednesday  
13   Ides     dies Jovis     Thursdaeg     Thursday  
14   XIX ad Jan. Cal.     dies Veneris     Frigedaeg     Friday  
     new   moon  
15   XVIII ad Jan. Cal.     dies Saturni     Saterndaeg     Saturday  
16   XVII ad Jan. Cal.     dies solis     sunnandaeg     Sunday  
17   XVI ad Jan. Cal.     dies lunae     monandaeg     Monday  
18   XV ad Jan. Cal.     dies Martis     Tiwesdaeg     Tuesday  
    waxing   crescent   moon
19   XIV ad Jan. Cal.     dies Mercurii     Wodensdaeg     Wednesday  
20   XIII ad Jan. Cal.     dies Jovis     Thursdaeg     Thursday  
21   XII ad Jan. Cal.     dies Veneris     Frigedaeg     Friday  
22   XI ad Jan. Cal.     dies Saturni     Saterndaeg     Saturday  
     first   quarter   moon
23   X ad Jan. Cal.     dies solis     sunnandaeg     Sunday  
24   IX ad Jan. Cal.     dies lunae     monandaeg     Monday  
25   VIII ad Jan. Cal.     dies Martis     Tiwesdaeg     Tuesday  
26   VII ad Jan. Cal.     dies Mercurii     Wodensdaeg     Wednesday  
    waxing   gibbous   moon
27   VI ad Jan. Cal.     dies Jovis     Thursdaeg     Thursday  
28   V ad Jan. Cal.     dies Veneris     Frigedaeg     Friday  
29   IV ad Jan. Cal.     dies Saturni     Saterndaeg     Saturday  
30   III ad Jan. Cal.     dies solis     sunnandaeg     Sunday  
    full   moon   
31   Pridie Jan. Cal.     dies lunae     monandaeg     Monday  


You may go to another month of your choice by clicking on the one you desire.

January, 2001 February, 2001 March, 2001 April, 2001
May, 2001 June, 2001 July, 2001 August, 2001
September, 2001 October, 2001 November, 2001 December, 2001

You may also see the transitions of the Roman calendars from the first one to the latest version:

Six Roman Calendars, from King Romulus to Pope Gregory XIII



This link will return you to the lists of (2001) and (2002) months and years.


Our todays and yesterdays
Are the blocks with which we build [the future].

-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


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