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Latin antiquity

Roman world

December DOSSIER ↗
THE REVIEWED ROUTE CLAIM

Latin December literally names the “tenth month” from decem “ten”; in the early Roman calendar the year began with March.

COORDINATES STORED
NO
HONEST TO PLOT
NO
PLACEMENT MODE
broad
TIME PRECISION
unresolved
NUMERIC TIME BOUND
WITHHELD
CLAIM CITATIONS
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THE TEMPORAL CLAIM

NO YEAR HAS BEEN INVENTED.

The lexical motivation and March-start calendar are directly cited, but the reviewed dictionary entry does not delimit one numeric interval for the whole Roman stage.

DIRECT STAGE-LEVEL PROVENANCE

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    December — Word History

    Derives Latin December “tenth month” from decem “ten” and explains that the early Roman year began with March.

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