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Julian Calendar

The Julian calendar, which is a predecessor to the modern Gregorian calendar, contains 12 months of varying length. Not like the Macrobius calendar, the Julius Calendar was steadier, introducing the theory of jump years to account for the time it takes for the earth to circle the sun. However, the strategy of calculation for jump years was in mistake, leading to too frequent jump years. Rather than these years occurring each 4 years, they occurred each 3 years. This ended in a shift of the natural seasons compared to the calendar, which was corrected on the adoption of the Gregorian calendar.

This practice was to revere the rulers of the time, though only 2 changes stayed permanent. Quintilis and Sextilis were renamed to July and Aug respect of Julius Caesar and Augustus. Quintilis was renamed after Julius Caesar, as this was the year of his birth.

Sextilis was renamed as major events in Augustus' life took place during what would become known as Aug. The Julian calendar saw most use in Europe and North Africa, with the rest of the planet using their own calendar systems.

It remains adopted for solar purposes by some orthodox churches, and it is now in use for agricultural purposes in North Africa.

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