Library Chronography of 354 Philocalian Calendar (Selections)
December (Philocalian Calendar)
Source Latin: Chronography of 354, Part 6 (Mommsen, Inscriptiones Latinae Antiquissimae, 1893). English glosses: study rendering for this site. Digital Latin via Roger Pearse / tertullian.org.
Latin text of December from the Calendar of Philocalus (Chronography of 354, Part 6), after Mommsen’s edition. Abbreviations: N = Natalis (“birthday”); CM = Circenses missus (“games ordered”); LVDI = games.
1 Dec — Kalends of December: SARMATICI; games ordered (24 races).
2 Dec — Beginning of the munus (gladiatorial show).
11 Dec — Septimontium.
17 Dec — LUDI SATURNALIA (games of the Saturnalia).
18 Dec — Games; the Sun enters Capricorn.
25 Dec — N·INVICTI· CM·XXX: Natalis Invicti (“Birthday of the Unconquered”); games ordered; thirty chariot races.
30 Dec — Birthday of the deified Titus; games ordered (24 races).
31 Dec — Magistrates swear their oaths.
Latin text after Theodor Mommsen’s editions of the Chronography of 354 (calendar and Depositio Martyrum). Digital Latin via Roger Pearse, tertullian.org. English glosses: study rendering for BWAB Library.