Germania
Tacitus, trans. J. B. Rives. . Clarendon Ancient History Series. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1999. Composed c. 98 CE. In Latin, in English translation.
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Translated with introduction and commentary. Germania 11 for assembly at new and full moon and for reckoning by nights; Germania 26 for winter, spring and summer named with no word for autumn. Rives's commentary sets out the work's rhetorical purpose and its sources, which were not first-hand.
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- Bede and the Old English Months
- For reckoning by nights, for assembly at new and full moon, and for a season-scheme with no word for autumn.
- The Old Icelandic Misseri Calendar
- For a two-season year with no word for autumn, reported six centuries earlier and far to the south.