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=== Roman calendar === | === Roman calendar === | ||
* 10 lunar months: from Spring moon in March to late December... 300 days | * 10 lunar months: from Spring moon in March to late December... 300 days | ||
** 2 (modern) months ignored | ** 2 (modern) months ignored because it was without meaning to them | ||
** caused confusion | *** Romans ignored them | ||
** adjusted by | ** but this system caused confusion | ||
*** Augustus added months name for him and Julius Caesar thus using the calendar as official | ** so it was adjusted by Julius Caesar, Caesar Augustus, and others to bring regularity | ||
*** Augustus added months name for him and Julius Caesar thus using the calendar as official | |||
=== Gregorian calendar === | === Gregorian calendar === | ||
* 1582 | * 1582 | ||