Kalends, Nones, and Ides (Kalendae)
Romans counted days backward from three markers. The Kalends were the first of the month, the Ides fell on the 13th or 15th, and the Nones came eight days before the Ides.
Grades 6–8. Daily life.
How it connects
The Ides of March, the day Caesar was killed, are the Ides, not the first of the month.
Latin words that go with this card: dies, mensis.