2006-12-10 10:48:40 · 4 answers · asked by rackerday 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Julius Caesar’s calendar, which is referred to as the Julian calendar, is essentially the one we use today — with a few minor adjustments. It may have been Augustus, or maybe his admirers, who made the final adjustment to February. February 29 got shifted to August, which had been named in honor of Augustus, because August needed an extra day to be equal to July, which had been named in honor of Julius.
2006-12-10 10:54:17 · answer #1 · answered by aidan402 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ceasar Augustus.. August was a month named after him. He took a day out of february and added one to August giving it 31 days and leaving Feb with 28 because he wanted his month to be longer.
2006-12-10 10:52:05 · answer #2 · answered by stick man 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it should have been that every month had 28 days in it but then we would have had 13 months in a year and it would have thrown the quarter system off at the Roman University, besides, everyone knows that 13 is an unlucky number.
Anybody buying this?
2006-12-10 11:00:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i doubt it was one, single person.
2006-12-10 10:50:37 · answer #4 · answered by your pal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋