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Modern Reckoning.	Roman Reckoning.	Events.
1	Calends of October.
2	VI Days before the Nones.
3	V
4	IV
5	III
6	Day before the Nones.
7	Nones of October.
8	VIII Days before the Ides of October.
9	VII
10	VI
11	V
12	IV
13	III
14	Day before the Ides.
15	Ides of October.
16	XVII Days before the Calends of November.	** On this day the Consular elections should have been held, but were postponed by the Senate at the request of the consul, Cicero.
17	XVI
18**	XV
19	XIV
20	XIII
21‡	XII	‡ Cicero delivered a speech (not one of the orations) against Catiline, disclosing the plan of the conspiracy.
22‡‡	XI
23	X
24	IX
25	VIII	‡‡ The Consular Elections were held, and Decius Junius Silanus and Lucius Licinius Muræna elected Consuls for the year ensuing.
26	VII
27	VI
28‖	V
29	IV
30	III	‖ Day originally appointed by Catiline for the murder of Cicero.
31	Day before the Calends of November.

244

NOVEMBER, B.C. 63.

Modern Reckoning.	Roman Reckoning.	Events.
1[1]	Calends of November.
2	IV Days before the Nones.
3	III
4	Day before the Nones.
5	Nones of November.
6[2]	VIII Days before the Ides of November.
7[3]	VII
8[4]	VI
9	V
10	IV
11	III
12	Day before the Ides.
13	Ides of November.
14	XVIII Days before the Calends of December.
15	XVII
16	XVI
17	XV
18	XIV
19	XIII
20	XII
21	XI
22	X
23	IX
24	VIII
25	VII
26	VI
27	V
28	IV
29	III
30	Day before the Calends of December.

245

DECEMBER, B.C. 63.

Modern Reckoning.	Roman Reckoning.	Events.
1	Calends of December.
2	IV Days before the Nones.
3[5]	III
4	Day before the Nones.
5[6]	Nones of December.
6[7]	VIII Days before the Ides of December.
7	VII
8	VI
9	V
10	IV
11	III
12	Day before the Ides.
13	Ides of December.
14	XVIII Days before the Calends of January.
15	XVII
16	XVI
17	XV
18	XIV
19	XIII
20	XII
21	XI
22	X
23	IX
24	VIII
25	VII
26[8]	VI
27	V
28	IV
29	III
30[9]	Day before the Calends of January.

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[1]

Day appointed by Catiline
for the seizure of the citadel
of Præneste—now Palestrina.

[2]

Second meeting of the
Conspirators at the house of
Marcus Portius Læca.

[3]

Cicero's murder attempted.

[4]

Cicero delivered his first
Oration in the Senate against
Catiline; and on the same
night Catiline fled to the camp
of Caius Manlius, at Fæsulæ,
now Fiesole, near Florence.
On the following day Cicero
delivered the second oration,
justifying his conduct to the
whole people in the Forum.

[5]

The conspirators arrested.

[6]

Cicero delivers his third
oration before the Senate, and
his fourth before the people.

[7]

Execution of Lentulus,
Cethegus, Gabinius, Statilius,
and Cæparius.

[8]

It is a matter of some
question, whether the battle
of Pistoria was fought, and
Catiline slain, during the remainder
of this month, or early
in the following January.—
The question being doubtful,
for the sake of unity, I have
assumed that it was fought on
or about the 26th day of the
month.

[9]

Cicero abdicated the Consulship,
and swore that he had saved his country.