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Using our system of counting the days of the months it would be XVIII May MMIX. However, the Romans would have said/written this differently. Their system of counting the days of the month was different.
The Roman months had three special days, the Kalends, Nones and Ides. The Kalends were the first day of the month. The Nones, fell on the 5th of months with 29 days and the 7th of months with 31 days (March, May, July, and October). It is thought that originally this was the day of the half moon. The Ides fell on the 13th of months with 29 days and the 15th of months with 31 days. It is thought that originally it was the day of the full moon.
The Romans counted the days backwards from the Kalends, Nones, or Ides, depending on which one was nearer. The count included the said days. Therefore 17th May would be:
Ante Diem XIII Kalendas Iunias Anno MMIX, which translates as the 13th day before the Kalends of June of the year 2009. It would have been the 13th day because our current month of June has 30 days, unlike the June of the Romans which had 29 days.
This could be abbreviated a: a. d. XIII Kal. Iun. a. MMIX
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