Julius Caesar was believed to have messed up the months in a year, but was trying to fix the solar calendar, resulting in one year having 445 days.

How did birthday celebrations come to be in the ancient world? How did Romans celebrate them? A short history of how birthdays and the control of the calendar ground us in our history.

If January felt endless, February may be refreshing since it's only 28 days long. Thank the Romans for that oddity. Before the Gregorian calendar used today, Roman King Numa Pompilius (715-673 BC ...

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If January felt endless, February may be refreshing since it's only 28 days long. Thank the Romans for that oddity. Before the Gregorian calendar used today, Roman King Numa Pompilius (715-673 BC ...

A mercantile calendar for the year 1860. The Gregorian calendar we're familiar with was nearly replaced in the 1920s and 30s with the International Fixed Calendar, with 13 months of 28 days.

Our modern Western calendar is almost entirely a Roman invention, but it has changed significantly throughout history. Each name and number from our calendar is steeped in tradition and history ...

Every March 15, the dark history behind the 74th day in the Roman calendar has led many to think of bad omens and doom -- but the day has a deep history and purpose.

The final solution was the Gregorian calendar, introduced in 1582 by Pope Gregory I as part of the sweeping changes to the Roman Catholic Church in the face of the Protestant Revolution.

H/T to Eric J. Lyman at Religion News Service for his blog item: Meet the priests of Italy’s ‘Roman beefcake’ calendar Officially, it’s called “Il Calendario Romano” — The Roman ...