January 1, 45 BC – The Julian calendar takes effect of the Roman Empire, establishing January 1 as the new date of the new year
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Replying to @NotableHistory
@NotableHistory@caitlinrgreen Interesting indeed why did they chose Jan to start calender and not August which is name sake of Augustus1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Umarkarim89
@Umarkarim89 Had prob been start of year for a bit from what I read, calendar just formalised it?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @caitlinrgreen
@caitlinrgreen my point is what can be the logic of formalizing it from Jan 1st1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Umarkarim89
@Umarkarim89 Theodor Mommsen claimed it was practical: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January#History … However, poss when lengthening days first noticeable & Janus>1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @caitlinrgreen
@Umarkarim89 >was the god looking forward and backwards, so speculative pagan origins relating to him and lengthening days?!1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @caitlinrgreen
@caitlinrgreen ahh yes it makes sense then so it marked the end of winter although winter ends in February actually and daylength in march1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@Umarkarim89 I guess it's a visible turning point--things have changed, the darkest days of winter are behind us, the sun will return...etc!
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