Квинтили́с: Месяц в Древнем Риме и его Календарь.

In the ancient Roman calendar, Quintilis or Quinctilis was the month following Junius (June) and preceding Sextilis (August). Quintilis was under the guardianship (tutela) of the Romans' supreme deity Jupiter, with sacrifices made particularly to Neptune and Apollo. Agricultural festivals directed at the harvest gradually lost their importance, and the month became dominated in urban Imperial Rome by the Ludi Apollinares, games (ludi) in honor of Apollo. Ten days of games were celebrated in honor of Julius Caesar at the end of the month.

Like the modern month of July, this was one of the "long" months that had 31 days. The Romans did not number days of a month sequentially from the 1st through the last day. Instead, they counted back from the three fixed points of the month: the Nones (Nonae, 5th or 7th, depending on the length of the month), the Ides (Idūs, 13th or 15th), and the Kalends (Kalendae, 1st) of the following month. Thus, the last day of Quintilis was the pridie Kalendas Sextilis, "day before the Kalends of Sextilis" (August). Roman counting was inclusive; July 5 was ante diem III Nonas Quintilis, "the 3rd day before the Nones (7th) of Quintilis," usually abbreviated a. d. III Non. Quint. (or with the a. d. omitted altogether); July 23 was X. Kal. Sext., "the 10th day before the Kalends of Sextilis." Each day was marked with a letter such as F for dies fasti, days when it was legal to initiate action in the courts of civil law; C, for dies comitalis, a day on which the Roman people could hold assemblies (comitia), elections, and certain kinds of judicial proceedings; N for dies nefasti, when these political activities and the administration of justice were prohibited; or NP, the meaning of which remains elusive, but which marked feriae, public holidays. Days were also marked with nundinal letters in cycles of A B C D E F G H, to mark the "market week" A dies natalis was an anniversary such as a temple founding or rededication, sometimes thought of as the "birthday" of a deity. On a dies religiosus, individuals were not to undertake any new activity, nor do anything other than tend to the most basic necessities. During the Imperial period, some of the traditional festivals localized at Rome became less important, and the birthdays and anniversaries of the emperor and his family gained prominence as Roman holidays. On the calendar of military religious observances known as the Feriale Duranum, sacrifices pertaining to Imperial cult outnumber the older festivals. After the latter 1st century AD, a number of dates are added to calendars for spectacles and games (ludi) held in honor of various deities in the venue called a "circus" (ludi circenses). By the late 2nd century AD, extant calendars no longer show days marked with letters (F, N, C and so on) to show their religious status, probably in part as a result of calendar reforms undertaken by Marcus Aurelius. Unless otherwise noted, the dating and observances on the following table are from H. H. Scullard, Festivals and Ceremonies of the Roman Republic (Cornell University Press, 1981), pp. 158–169. Modern date Roman date status Observances July 1 Kalendae Quintilis N • each Kalends was sacred to Juno, who received a sacrifice from the regina sacrorum• dies natalis of a temple to Felicitas 2 ante diem VI Nonas Quintilis N 3 V. Non. Quint. N 4 IV Non. Quint. N 5 III Non. Quint. NP • Poplifugia, the only major festival of the year celebrated before the Nones 6 Prid. Non. Quint. N • Ludi Apollinares begin• dies natalis of the Temple of Fortuna Muliebris 7 Nonae N • Ludi Apollinares continue• dies natalis of the Temple of the Two Pales• Caprotinia• Feast of Serving Women (Ancillarum feriae) 8 VIII Id. Quint. Ndies religiosus • Ludi Apollinares continue• Vitulatio 9 VII Id. Quint. N • Ludi Apollinares continue 10 VI Id. Quint. C • Ludi Apollinares continue 11 V Id. Quint. C • Ludi Apollinares continue 12 IV Id. Quint. C • Ludi Apollinares continue 13 III Id. Quint. C • Last day of the Ludi Apollinares, with a sacrifice at the Temple of Apollo in the Campus Martius 14 Prid. Id. Quint. C • Mercatus (market days) begin 15 Idus Quintilis NP • Mercatus (market day)• Equitum Romanorum probatio or transvectio, procession of the Roman knights 16 XVII Kal. Sext. F • Mercatus (market day) 17 XVI Kal. Sext. C • Mercatus (market day)• sacrifices to the deities Honor and Victory 18 XV Kal. Sext. Cdies religiosus • Mercatus (market day)• anniversary of the Battle of the Allia (Dies Alliensis), a "black day" (dies ater) 19 XIV Kal. Sext. NP • Mercatus (market day)• Lucaria 20 XIII Kal. Sext. C • Ludi Victoriae Caesaris begin, held annually from 45 BC, after the month was renamed Julius 21 XII Kal. Sext. NP • second day of Lucaria• Ludi Victoriae Caesaris continue 22 XI Kal. Sext. C • dies natalis of the Temple of Concordia• Ludi Victoriae Caesaris continue 23 X Kal. Sext. NP • Neptunalia• Ludi Victoriae Caesaris continue 24 IX Kal. Sext. N • Ludi Victoriae Caesaris continue 25 VIII Kal. Sext. NP • Furrinalia• Ludi Victoriae Caesaris continue 26 VII Kal. Sext. C • Ludi Victoriae Caesaris continue 27 VI Kal. Sext. C • Ludi Victoriae Caesaris continue 28 V Kal. Sext. C • Ludi Victoriae Caesaris continue 29 IV Kal. Sext. C • Ludi Victoriae Caesaris continue 30 III Kal. Sext. C • dies natalis of the Temple of Fortuna Huiusce Diei (the "Fortune of This Day")• Ludi Victoriae Caesaris conclude 31 Prid. Kal. Sext. C