The Romans divided the 24-hour workday, 12 hours for daylight time ( dies ) and 12 hours of the night (nox ).
daytime hours were referred to by adjectives ordinal
first hour, secunda, tertia, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth.
turn grouped in six hours ante meridiem (am) and six post meridiem (pm) since the axis dividing the day was the meridies, noon which coincided with the sixth hour.
An easy way to link Roman times and ours is add six to the Roman ordinal. Thus, if the tertia hours will be the current nine o'clock, if the tenth hours will be 16 hours, ie four of our clock.
Night was divided into four watches of three hours each, marked by changes in military night-watch: waking premium (6 to 9 pm) , waking secondary (9 to 12 pm) , tertia vigil (12 to 3 am) , and fourth vigil (3 to 6 am).
The workshop TEMPORE CAPTO we have developed a special watch that we named Caesar clock in order to know how the Romans measured several times a day trying to make a comparison between our watches and division time of the ancient Romans.
is a dodecahedron, twelve-sided geometric figure, with an inner side for
Horae (twelve hours) and an external one for four Vigiliae (twelve hours of the night).
Day: internal Quadrant
There are twelve designated sides of I to XII. Each side corresponds to one hour. The first began at dawn and lasted about an hour. The twelfth was the last of the day, ended with the sunset, then begin Vigiliae.
Example: the arrow of hours is between 10 and 11 a day to the Romans was the Time V.
Night: External Quadrant
The outer quadrant is divided into four sectors corresponding to the four watches. The Vigils are for night duty shifts of the Roman guards that lasted about three hours.
Example: the arrow of hours is between 22 and 23 hours a day, is for the Romans II Memorial.
Looking at this clock like a Caesar current the first hour we understand as six in the morning, secondary as seven, etc ... until you reach the sixth hour are already noon.
For if you will make your Roman clock we leave the link will download this clock Caesar here. The instructions are simple: Cut out the figure and paste it onto cardboard. With a binder bolt placed in the center and you have your own clock of Julius Caesar.
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