Orif.  T.  30  and  31)  likewiae  dialingniihed  tbiee
port!  ef  the  day,  rii.,  amiv  mtiidim,  and  n^imiu,
■jL  bn^wAii,  aftd  which  no  aoembly  conld  be
hiU  in  the  fiirmn.  Tbe  lei  Phetoiia  prcactibed
that  ■  henld  abonld  pnelaii   ''  -      -  ^    ■>


•Xi,


(  aa  it  waa  of  impoitanca  that  tbia
■n— ]ut  ihoold  ba  known,  an  eipecial  officer
[AccnnKJSJ  waa  appointed,  who  proclaimed  the
time  af  vidday,  when  fiom  tha  cniia  he  law  the
■o  ■Tnr'"-g  hetwaan  the  nalia  and  the  graeco-
tant,  Tha  diniioa  af  tba  day  into  tweire  eqnal
■pana,  which,  bera  aa  in  Oteece,  were  ihcrler  in
winter  tboi  n  aonnDer,  waa  adopted  at  the  time

trudaerd  BHaog  tha  Romana  from  Oieece.  Tbii
wM  about  tba  year  ■.  c  2S1,  when  L.  Papiriua
Connr.  befece  tbe  wai  with  ^rrhni,  bnmgl
Raqia  an  iuatnuuent  ^led  aolanmn  horolwimn,
<r  smt^  aolarinm.  (Phwt.  i^  O^wm,  iiL  S.
f  fi  ;  PUd.  H.  N.  TiL  GO.)  Bot  aa  tha  ularinm
bad  been  made  for  a  diffennt  tatitnda,  it  ihowed
the  tiiH  at  RcDK  very  incomctly.  (Plin.  L  «.)
Sei»  Naaiea,  tberelbre,  eieeted  in  b.  c  1S9  a
paWe  dcfaydiB,  which  indicated  tbe  boun  of  the
■igbt  aa  well  aa  of  the  day.  (Cenaorin.  c.  ""  "
BfEoic  iIm  erection  of  a  depaydia  it  waa
taoajy  far  <■»  of  the  anbordinata  officera  nf  tbe
praetaa  to  uoclaiin  the  third,  aixtb,  and  ninth
tnara  ;  wbich  abowa  that  the  day  vnt,  like  the
night,  dirided  into  fonr  parti,  each  coniiating  ol
tbce  boon.  Bee  Diaaen'i  treatiie,  Dt  Partim
Noitii  el  Did  a  DmaoBilmi  Vi^mm,  i
XUmt  Lalmiaaewtd  DeuUdia  Sckriflm,  pp.  ISO,
IJO.    Cannara  tbe  artkle  Hobounjidm.
