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a. d. v. K., etc.: i.e. Nov. 26 under the old calendar, or Sept. 23 under the new. The Roman calendar was so far from correct at this time, that Jan. 1, 46 B.C.
, came in the middle of the autumn. This state of things Caesar remedied by the insertion of 90 extra days into the year 46 B.C.
The year 46 contained, therefore, 445 days. After the Terminalia (Feb.23), an intercalary month of 23 days was inserted, and between November and December two intercalary months were inserted containing together 67 days. These months were distinguished as mensis intercalaris prior and mensis intercalaris posterior. Cf. Zeitrechnung d. Griechen u. Rmer by von Unger in Muller's Handbuch, 1.816f.
mane ad Caesarem: cf. Att. 14.1.2 cum Sesti rogatu apud eum fuissem exspectaremque sedens quoad vocarer, dixisse eum: Ego dubitem quin summo in odio sim, cum M. Cicero sedeat nec suo commodo me convenire possit? These two passages indicate a most significant change in the old Roman salutatio. There is now one patronus par excellence viz. Caesar, and all Romans are his clientes, who, whether plebeian or aristocrat, must wait their turn in his antechamber (exspectarem sedens), and seek favors at his hands by the most abject signs of submission (iacerent ad pedes).
