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Greek and Roman Calendars: Constructions of Time in the Classical World Publisher : Duckworth Publishing Year : 2005 Number of pages: 170  Format : Pdf Size : 3 MB Language: English The smooth functioning of an ordered society depends on the possession of a means of regularizing its activities over time. That means is a calendar, and its regularity is a function of how well it models the more or less regular movements of the celestial bodies-of the moon, the sun or the stars. Greek and Roman Calendars examines the ancient calendar as just such a timepiece, whose elements are readily described in astronomical and mathematical terms.