5th century) was the author of an annotated Julian calendar that attempted to integrate the traditional Roman festival cycle with the new Christian holy days.
[14] In Polemius's calendar, the word ludi, "games" in classical Latin, means more specifically theatrical performances, while circenses is used for chariot races.
[15] His work provides significant examples of Gallo-Romance vocabulary, regional variations of the Latin language, and local survivals of Gaulish words.
[17] Polemius also provided information from his own research, such as the birthdays of Cicero, Vergil,[18] and a Faustina who was the divinized wife (diva) of an Antonine emperor.
[19] Because the Roman calendar had traditionally served a didactic purpose,[20] the laterculus of Polemius provided several other lists and tables under the month-by-month chronographic presentation: Lost portions are known only from the introductory synopsis.