The Roman year had a 304-day lunar calendar, which Julius Caesar wanted to shift to a solar calendar based on the Earth’s revolution. He added one or two days at the end of all the short months ...

The organization of time was sacred and the purview of priests, and thus the Roman calendar was not always publicly displayed. It was not until about 304 BCE that a public calendar was set up in ...

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 ...

The IFC comprised 13 months of 28 days. The benefit of the new calendar was uniformity. Each month would start on a Sunday and end on a Saturday, so you’d never have to ask, for example, what ...

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 Roman calendar was based on an older lunar calendar. The first day of each month, or the “Kalends,” occurred on new moons. The “Nones” corresponded to waxing half-moons, and the ...

The Roman calendar began when Rom- ulus, the founder and first king of Rome, divided a year of only 304 days into 10 months. Numa, his successor, added two extra months.

The Roman Calendar used Ides to designate the middle of the month for May, July and October. During the month, not only did the dates always fall on the 15th, ...

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 ...