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This site includes a special presentation of Roman and Modern-western calendars side-by-side for the year 2002 that include an illustrated history of the mythical day names and the month names; as well as, eight lunar appearances (lunar phases or moon phases; not just the four that are usually presented by others); including: first quarter moon, full moon, last quarter moon, new moon, waning crescent moon, waning gibbous moon, waxing crescent moon, and waxing gibbous moon) and the dates of their appearances for the year of A.D. 2002 and the Roman year of A.U.C. 2755.

You may see the Julian-Roman (Old Style) and the Gregorian (New Style) calendars with their dates, in parallel, for comparisons and links to historical perspectives of the various parts of the calendar and also gain a better understanding of the names used by this universally adopted calendar system (Anglo-Saxon names, Roman names) and historical background influences.

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An easy way to learn how the Roman’s kept track of time by days, weeks, months, and years; much of which is the basis for modern-western calendars as shown in these New Style and Old Style calendars.

Click the bar and you will see A.D. 2002 and A.D. 2001 dates in Roman (Old Style) and the Gregorian (New Style) modern dates with many links to historical explanations and illustrations (images).

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This Website gives you a rare opportunity to see an illustrated calendar that shows the differences and similarities between the Old Style (Julian-Roman) calendar system and the New Style (Gregorian-modern) calendar system that is used especially around the Western world. Historical perspectives and explanations are provided as well as the various phases of the moon. If you want to gain a better historical background of the calendar system used throughout most of the world, you should check out these calendars and their Latin and Nordic mythological contributions to the names we use for the days of the week and the months of the year. Please send me some feedback about our impressions.

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