Aurelius@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-28 months agoThe ancient Romans made many attempts to fix the calendar year before landing on 12 months and leap yearswww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1169arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
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minus-squareedgemaster72@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·8 months ago“But my ego demands I name a month after myself and I’ll be damned if it’s one of those bloody cold months at the end of the year!”
minus-squareMindSkipperBro12@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoIt’s two months. July: Julius. August: Augustus.
“But my ego demands I name a month after myself and I’ll be damned if it’s one of those bloody cold months at the end of the year!”
It’s two months. July: Julius. August: Augustus.