Process on the First

The first of every month, I'll focus on the real life influences shaping Cthulhutown

HBO’s ROME was a great joy for me as an enthusiast of historical fiction. One of my favorite details it showed was how Romans dealt with calendar days.

For example, the first day of a month was ‘The Kalends’ as in, “You owe me rent on the Kalends, Flavius!”

This gave me a new appreciation for the ‘Beware the Ides of March’ line. I knew ‘the Ides’ meant th…