Roman Numerals Help Please?

Question

Hello all, I was wondering if anyone could help me decipher these numerals and dates. The first is Dies Martis A.D. DCCCXXXII Now I know that Dies Martis is Tuesday and DCCCXXXII equates to 832, but what does that 832 convert to, is it a year in the AUC calender?

The second is DIES SATURNI A.D XVII KAL. IVL. MMDCCLXI Its not all working out right, the dates do not match up right. Its translates to Saturday 17th July 2761 which converts to this year right? But the 17th was a Thursday.

I am completely stumped on this :( Hoping someone can help me out.

Thanks guys :)

Jude x*x

Answer 1

This website may share some light on your question

http://users.sa.chariot.net.au/~gmarts/c...

Answer 2

Jim's answer is great.  It can't be 1761, though, as that doesn't take into account the difference between auc and gregorian calendars.  I'm pretty sure it's Saturday, June 28th, 2008.  Not sure about the first one.  Obviously if it's auc then it's 79 a.d. in gregorian. hmmmm.

Answer 3

I think you'll find you've got your M's muxed ip.

An extra M in the first one would give 1832.

Your date in the second is mistaken.  A.d. XVII Kal Iul means 'the seventeenth day before the kalends (ie the first) of July, ie the 14th June - not the 13th, as 'seventeenth' is counted 'inclusively', the same way that Easter Sunday is called 'the third day' after Friday.

In any case, this year (AD 2008) is AUC 2760, not 2761, because there is no year zero.  AUC 1000 was 248 AD.  

My solution is, if you remove one of the Ms you get the quite respectable date of 1761.  14th June 1761 WAS  a Saturday.

Forget about the Julian calendar.  The Gregorian one has been in use in Rome since 1582 and in England since 1752.