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The hours of the Roman day |
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“The hours of the Roman Day”
(taken from Steven Saylor’s “A Murder on the Appian Way”)
- 7 a.m. = the first hour of the day
- 8 a.m. = the second hour of the day
- 9 a.m. = the third hour of the day
- 10 a.m. = the first fourth of the day
- 11 a.m. = the first fifth of the day
- noon = the first sixth of the day
- 1 p.m. = the seventh hour of the day
- 2 p.m. = the eighth hour of the day
- 3 p.m. = the ninth hour of the day
- 4 p.m. = the tenth hour of the day
- 5 p.m. = the eleventh hour of the day
- 6 p.m. = the twelfth hour of the day
- 7 p.m. = the first hour of the night
- 8 p.m. = the second hour of the night
- 9 p.m. = the third hour of the night
- 10 p.m. = the fourth hour of the night
- 11 p.m. = the fifth hour of the night
- midnight = the sixth hour of the night
- 1 a.m. = the seventh hour of the night
- 2 a.m. = the eighth hour of the night
- 3 a.m. = the ninth hour of the night
- 4 a.m. = the tenth hour of the night
- 5 a.m. = the eleventh hour of the night
- 6 a.m. = the twelfth hour of the night
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