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The ancient Etruscans developed an eight-day market week known as the nundinum around the 8th or 7th century BC. This was passed on to the Romans no later than the 6th century BC. As Rome expanded, it encountered the seven-day week and for a time attempted to include both. The popularity of the seven-day rhythm won, and the eight-day week ...
A fragment of the Fasti Praenestini for the month of Aprilis, showing its nundinal letters on the left side The full remains of the Fasti Praenestini. The nundinae (/ n ə n ˈ d ɪ n aɪ /, /-n iː /), sometimes anglicized to nundines, [1] were the market days of the ancient Roman calendar, forming a kind of weekend including, for a certain period, rest from work for the ruling class ().
An eight-day week was used in Ancient Rome and possibly in the pre-Christian Celtic calendar. Traces of a nine-day week are found in Baltic languages and in Welsh. The ancient Chinese calendar had a ten-day week, as did the ancient Egyptian calendar (and, incidentally, the French Republican Calendar, dividing its 30-day months into thirds).
The Efik calendar (Efik: Ñwed ọfiọñ Efịk) is the traditional calendar system of the Efik people located in present-day Nigeria. The calendar consisted of 8 days in a week (urua). [1] Each day was dedicated to a god or goddess greatly revered in the Efik religion. [2] It also consisted of festivals many of which were indefinite.
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Formerly the Police Day (Ngày Cảnh sát Quốc gia) in South Vietnam June 28: Vietnamese Family Day: Ngày Gia đình Việt Nam July 27: Remembrance Day (Day for Martyrs and Wounded Soldiers or Vietnamese War Invalids and Martyrs’ Day) Ngày Thương binh Liệt sĩ August 19: August Revolution Commemoration Day: Ngày Cách mạng Tháng 8
"Eight Days a Week" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. It was written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon based on McCartney's original idea. [2] It was released in December 1964 on the album Beatles for Sale, except in the United States and Canada, where it was first issued as a single A-side in February 1965 before appearing on the album Beatles VI.
The Romans used an eight day week prior to the adoption of the Julian calendar at 45 BC (see Roman_calendar#Nundinal cyle, and switched to the 7-day week in the early Imperial Period. I think it'd be great to see the source cited by Roman calendar (Brind'Amour, 1983, p. 256–275) to see if there is better information there.