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throwaway173738 74 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Alternate clock designs and time systems

December used to be the tenth month until Augustus and Julian added a couple of months in the middle of the year.

chipsa 73 days ago [–]

False. The existing months were just renamed after them. Rather, they added new months to the front of the year (January and February).

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