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Excerpt from Origines Kalendariae Italicae, Vol. 3 of 4: Nundinal Calendars of Ancient Italy, Nundinal Calendar of Romulus, Calendar of Numa Pompilius, Calendar of the Decemvirs, Irregular Roman Calendar, and Julian Correction; Tables of the Roman Calendar, From U. C. 4 of Varro B. C. 750 to U. C. 1108 A. D. 35 It is necessary however to premise to this review that in some cases the Roman date of the eclipse has been assigned, along with the fact of it, in terms of the calendar for the time being; and this can be compared at once with the Julian date of the same natural phenomenon, at the same point of time, as either obtained by calculation for ourselves, or taken from the Tables of eclipses already calculated. In such cases the confirmation of our calendar by this species of testimony is complete. The Julian date thus obtained by calculation or taken from the Tables, and the Roman date assigned by our calendar in terms of the Julian calendar, are always the same. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.