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Excerpt from Origines Kalendariæ Italicæ, Vol. 1 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. 355 It is manifest, under such circumstances, that whatsoever Corrections of the Primitive Calendar might be discoverable after a time in Magna Grascia, yet when traced up to their origin and referred to their proper class, they would be excluded from the scope and comprehension of inquiries, restricted to the indigenous Calendars of Italy. They could be regarded merely as branches of the Greek stock, trans planted to Italy; and not only as strange and exotic in that country, in comparison of those of native growth, and not only as later in point of date, but also as totally different from them in their nature and constitution. There was nothing in common between these Lunar Corrections of the Greeks of Italy and the Nundinal Correct-ions of the old Italians, except that each in their proper order of time were derived from the same Primitive original. 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.