Ancient Timekeeping Quiz

The Year One in the Christian calendar is regarded as the year __________ A.U.C.

What does A.U.C. stand for (in Latin)?

Romans initially counted days and the equivalent of weeks and months with __________, __________, and __________.

When the Romans got around to designating a span of time “a week”, said week originally had __________ days.

By the third century AD, the Romans divided the day into two parts. Give both the Latin and English names for these two parts.

Lawyers were supposed to appear in court before __________.

Explain the term “dog days”.

In ancient Egypt, sundials had been around since at least __________.

Roman sundials marked not only the hours, but __________.

Long before they were used with reference to time, minutes and seconds were used to represent __________.