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1 Jan, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Happy New Year, everyone.

Everyone seem to have finally reached 2022 now, but the first day of the (originally Roman) calendar year was not always 1st January. 1/4

(Although I doubt anyone live there)

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTC%E2%88…
When the Romans made their calendar, it started with March and had only ten months. The second King of Rome is traditionally attributed to have added January and February.

But the year still started in March.

2/4
That change was brought about by the fifth King of Rome, who oddly did not change the numerically named September, October etc. to match the rearranged calendar. 3/4

Finally, the Roman calendar has seen many changes over the years.

Many other civilizations had developed their own calendars as well, before and after the Romans, many of which are still in use, but the Roman one is the most commonly used one.4/4

britannica.com/science/calend…

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