History of Julius Cæsar, Vol. 2 of 2

by Emperor of the French Napoleon III

The dates are referred to the Julian style.

The Roman hours are reckoned from sunset and sunrise.

The modern hours are given in true solar time.

The Roman hours are given at the head of the columns, in Roman numerals. The modern hours are in ordinary numerals. Two examples will explain the use of the Table.

Division of the Night on the 16th of August.—To obtain it, we seek the date in the indicating column on the left, entitled Nights. We conclude from the line opposite: at 7h. 11m., sunset, beginning of the first hour and of the first watch; at 9h. 36m., end of the first watch and beginning of the second; at 12h. 0m. it is midnight, the second watch ends, the third begins; at 2h. 24m., end of the third watch, beginning of the fourth; at 4h. 49m. the sun rises, and the fourth watch ends.

Division of the Day on the 16th of August.—We seek the date in the indicating column to the right, entitled Days. We conclude from the line opposite: at 4h, 49m., sunrise, beginning of the first hour; the third hour ends at 8h. 25m.; the sixth, hour at noon; the ninth at 3h. 35m.; at 7h. 11m, the sun sets.

At the summer solstice, each watch embraces two of our hours; in the winter solstice, it embraces four.

			1ST WATCH							2ND WATCH						3RD WATCH						4TH WATCH							DAYS
NIGHTS				I.		II.		III.		IV.		V.		VI.			VII.		VIII.		IX.		X.		XI.		XII.
			H	M	H	M	H	M	H	M	H	M	H	M	H	M	H	M	H	M	H	M	H	M	H	M	H	M
June 25			8	1	8	41	9	20	10	0	10	40	11	20	12	0	0	40	1	20	2	0	2	40	3	19	3	59	December 23
July 5	June	15	7	58	8	39	9	19	9	59	10	40	11	20	12	0	0	40	1	20	2	1	2	41	3	21	4	2	Jan.	1	Dec.	14
July 16	June	4	7	51	8	33	9	14	9	56	10	37	11	19	12	0	0	41	1	23	2	4	2	46	3	27	4	9	Jan.	11	Dec.	4
July 26	May	25	7	41	8	41	9	7	9	51	10	34	11	17	12	0	0	43	1	26	2	9	2	53	3	36	4	19	Jan.	21	Nov.	25
Aug. 5	May	15	7	28	8	13	8	59	9	44	10	29	11	15	12	0	0	45	1	31	2	16	3	1	3	47	4	32	Jan.	31	Nov.	15
Aug. 16	May	4	7	11	8	0	8	48	9	36	10	24	11	12	12	0	0	48	1	36	2	24	3	12	4	0	4	49	Feb.	10	Nov.	5
Aug. 26	April	24	6	55	7	46	8	37	9	27	10	18	11	9	12	0	0	51	1	42	2	33	3	23	4	14	5	5	Feb.	20	Oct.	26
Sept. 5	April	13	6	37	7	31	8	25	9	19	10	13	11	6	12	0	0	54	1	47	2	41	3	35	4	29	5	23	Mar.	2	Oct.	16
Sept. 16	April	2	6	18	7	15	8	12	9	9	10	6	11	3	12	0	0	57	1	54	2	51	3	48	4	45	5	42	Mar.	13	Oct.	6
Sept. 26	Mar.	23	6	0	7	0	8	0	9	0	10	0	11	0	12	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	4	0	5	0	6	0	Mar.	23	Sept.	26
Oct. 6	Mar.	12	5	42	6	45	7	48	8	51	9	54	10	57	12	0	1	3	2	6	3	9	4	12	5	15	6	18	April	2	Sept.	15
Oct. 16	Mar.	2	5	23	6	29	7	35	8	41	9	47	10	54	12	0	1	6	2	13	3	19	4	25	5	31	6	37	April	13	Sept.	5
Oct. 25	Feb.	21	5	6	6	15	7	24	8	33	9	42	10	51	12	0	1	9	2	18	3	27	4	36	5	45	6	54	April	23	Aug.	26
Nov. 4	Feb.	11	4	49	6	1	7	13	8	25	9	36	10	48	12	0	1	12	2	24	3	35	4	47	5	59	7	11	May	3	Aug.	16
Nov. 14	Feb.	1	4	33	5	48	7	2	8	17	9	31	10	46	12	0	1	14	2	29	3	43	4	58	6	12	7	27	May	14	Aug.	6
Nov. 24	Jan.	22	4	19	5	36	6	58	8	10	9	27	10	43	12	0	1	17	2	33	3	50	5	7	6	24	7	41	May	24	July	27
Dec. 3	Jan.	12	4	9	5	28	6	46	8	5	9	23	10	42	12	0	1	18	2	37	3	55	5	14	6	32	7	51	June	3	July	17
Dec. 13	Jan.	2	4	2	5	22	6	41	8	1	9	21	10	40	12	0	1	20	2	39	3	59	5	19	6	38	7	58	June	14	July	6
December 23			3	59	5	20	6	40	8	0	9	20	10	40	12	0	1	20	2	40	4	0	5	20	6	40	8	1	June 25
NIGHTS				I.		II.		II.	I.	IV.		V.		V.	I.		VII.		VIII.		IX.		X.		XI.		XII.		DAYS

APPENDIX C.
NOTE ON THE ANCIENT COINS COLLECTED IN THE EXCAVATIONS AT ALISE.