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Julian calendar, dating system established by Julius Caesar as a reform of the Roman republican calendar. By the 40s bce the Roman civic calendar was three months ahead of the solar calendar. Caesar, advised by the Alexandrian astronomer Sosigenes, introduced the Egyptian solar calendar, taking the length of the solar year as 365 1 / 4 days.
Eight-day week. A fragment of the Fasti Praenestini for the month of April (Aprilis), showing the letters of the nundinal cycle (an eight-day market week) on the left edge. Some historical calendars had "weeks" consisting of eight days.
Caesar's calendar became the predominant calendar in the Roman Empire and subsequently most of the Western world for more than 1,600 years, until 1582 when Pope Gregory XIII promulgated a revised calendar. The Julian calendar has two types of years: a normal year of 365 days and a leap year of 366 days.
In 45 BCE, Julius Caesar introduced a significant reform known as the Julian calendar. This new system aimed to resolve the inaccuracies of the earlier Roman calendar by aligning it with the solar year.
The Julian calendar was introduced by Julius Caesar in 45 BC. It was in common use until the 1500s, when countries started changing to the Gregorian Calendar. However, some countries (for example, Greece and Russia) used it into this century, and the Orthodox church in Russia still uses it, as do some other Orthodox churches.
The Julian calendar, also known as the Old Style calendar, was a significant historical timekeeping system that was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and remained the predominant calendar in the Roman Empire and most of the Western world for over 1,600 years.
The Julian calendar reformed the ancient Roman calendar and consists of three cycles of 365-day years followed by a 366-day leap year.
