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- From: mcdowell@head-cfa.harvard.edu (Jonathan McDowell)
- Newsgroups: sci.classics
- Subject: Praenominal trivia and chronological matters
- Message-ID: <1992Sep1.135055.20365@head-cfa.harvard.edu>
- Date: 1 Sep 92 13:50:55 GMT
- Organization: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Forgive me for asking a 'look it up in the
- reference section' question, but I'm not familiar
- enough with the field to know where to look.
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- Can anyone tell me what the Roman praenomen
- used by the Fabii and abbreviated 'N.' stands for?
- (example: N. Fabius Pictor, cos. 266 BC)
- Where could I look something like that up? (My
- Cassell's dictionary gives most of the praenominal
- abbreviations but not that one).
-
- For my own amusement, I'm studying the Roman Republican
- Calendar (as part of an effort to give my astronomical
- calendar dating software a classical education).
- Can anyone recommend a recent (post Degrassi 1947)
- article or book discussing the consular Fasti?
- I'm particularly interested in finding out what's
- known about the early 4th century BC where the Capitoline
- lists have a gap, and also about the Imperial period.
-
- I also came across a book by Brind-Amour called
- (I think) 'Le Calendrier Romain Republicain' (or
- something close). Can anyone familar with this work
- comment on Brind-Amour's reconstruction, particularly
- of the intercalations? A lot of it seemed pretty
- reasonable to me, but it seemed to get weak in places.
-
-
- Maxime gratias ago in advance for any advice,
-
- Jonathan McDowell
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