I don't know if I am hysterically insane or just plain insane, but I think that for some of Gino's pre-Embrace posts, I'll be using the Roman calendar notations for him -- but only in his
personal accounts. There's nothing to be gained from driving myself
even more insane by changing the 3rd person narratives.
I'd imagine, too, the the crafty Cainite version of himself would quickly see the fruitlessness of such a complicated time measuring device and abandon it very quickly in his unlife. His appreciation of complexity wouldn't stretch that far when expediency serves much better.
We also both agree that we're not even getting into the ridiculous muddle of saint's days.
And -- here we go: The Roman calendar organized its months around three days, each of which served as a reference point for counting the other days:
* Kalends (1st day of the month)
* Nones (the 7th day in March, May, July, and October; the 5th in the other months)
* Ides (the 15th day in March, May, July, and October; the 13th in the other months)
The remaining, unnamed days of the month were identified by counting backwards from the Kalends, Nones, or the Ides. For example, March 3 would be V Nones—5 days before the Nones (the Roman method of counting days was inclusive; in other words, the Nones would be counted as one of the 5 days).
Days in March
March 1: Kalends; March 2: VI Nones; March 3: V Nones; March 4: IV Nones; March 5: III Nones; March 6: Pridie Nones (Latin for "on the day before"); March 7: Nones; March 15: Ides