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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by JoeAltmaier on Sunday September 25, 2022 @08:49PM (#32978116)
Wait. The calendar was 10 months before Julius. Not sure there was even a February?
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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by jcranmer on Sunday September 25, 2022 @09:53PM (#32978465)
No, the calendar had 12 months + 1 intercalary month before the Julian reforms. The calendar you're thinking of was the one supposedly introduced by Romulus and replaced by his successor--there's no evidence of its actual use.
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