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ByGone Muncie: The city's Independence Day celebration of ‘24
Ancient Romans didn’t have weekends, at least not in the way we think of them. In the republican era, they lived an eight-day week, capped by a work-free market day known as the Nundines. Throughout the entire year, however, the weeks were filled with feriae — annual holy days, public festivals and religious feasts. On such holidays, public business ceased, courts closed, and laborers, including many enslaved people, got at least some time off work. ...
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