Uandi82muchBeer
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Definitely didn't steal it from the Egyptians.
Was Steve Jobs Italian?
Jun 6, 2024 3:16 PM
Uandi82muchBeer
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Definitely didn't steal it from the Egyptians.
Was Steve Jobs Italian?
cjtb2
Several Roman sources say that the Julian reforms were based on Egyptian principles, without specifying what those principles were. Julius is supposed to have relied heavily on the advice of the Greek astronomer Sosigenes.
Uandi82muchBeer
Nice
wildwestpb
Well, they invented one calendar. The Babylonians likely invented the first one, then Egyptians, Mayans & Aztecs, this was just the Roman calendar that changed into the Julian calendar to better line up with the Solar year.
Uandi82muchBeer
👆 this
wildwestpb
The one most of the world uses today is the Gregorian calendar, created on orders of Pope Gregory XIII in the 1500s.
umibozusan
that's just not true. The roman calendar was called Julian (because Julius Caesar) and consisted of 365 days. It had leap days every 4 but the year was 365days long. the Gregorian calendar, which we use today, was introduce by the pope Gregory (13th i think) in the 1300s and this is when we introduced the 365.25 days via leap years.
Uandi82muchBeer
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_calendar
evolution4407
Why is it September, November, and December, but not Octember?
Uandi82muchBeer
Apparently in the original calendar those months were chilly.
fponias
Why start at seven with Sept? Where'd the rest of them go?
kaitco1984
Augustus wanted his own month. September used to be the 7th month, October the 8th, etc. going in line with Sept = 7, Oct = 8, Non = 9, Dec = 10, but Augustus helped frack things up by adding in a month. Same with Julius.
fponias
1-6 we're all similarly renamed?
kaitco1984
They are named after various gods.