Establishment of the Julian Calendar
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Science, Technology, Inventions
- Subcategories: Empires, Dynasties, Astronomy, Astronomers, Cosmology, Roman Empire, Ancient Rome
- Curriculum: Italian History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Italy
- Date: 46
Article abstract: The Julian calendar added ten days and a leap year to the previous calendrical system, bringing the calender into step with the solar year, and established January 1 as the beginning of the year.
Summary of Event
In the period preceding Julius Caesar’s rise to power the Romans had used a calendar based on the Greek system, with each year ordinarily consisting of twelve lunar months. Four of these, March, May, July, and October, had thirty-one days each; February had twenty-eight, and the remaining seven had twenty-nine days each....
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