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Another possibility has not been explored properly. Sosigenes was Greek, but he lived in Alexandria and was conversant with Egyptian calendars and astronomy. He would have been familiar, therefore, with the Sothic cycle. By this reckoning, the year is almost exactly 365.25 years in length. Sosigenes may have intended a Sothic cycle calendar. |
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The second question that arises about the Julian calendar is concerned with the one-time correction of 46 B.C. The Julian reform was actually remarkably conservative. The lengths of the four long months were left intact. The intercalary day was |
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| Table 9.2 | | Day | Quintilis | Sextilis | September | | 1 | Kalendis | Kalendis | Kalendis | | 2 | ante diem VI Nonas | ante diem IV Nonas | ante diem IV Nonas | | 3 | ante diem V Nonas | ante diem III Nonas | ante diem III Nonas | | 4 | ante diem IV Nonas | ante diem Pridie Nonas | ante diem Pridie Nonas | | 5 | ante diem III Nonas | Nonis | Nonis | | 6 | Pridie Nonas | ante diem VIII Idus | ante diem VIII Idus | | 7 | Nonis | ante diem VII Idus | ante diem VII Idus | | 8 | ante diem VIII Idus | ante diem VI Idus | ante diem VI Idus | | 9 | ante diem VII Idus | ante diem V Idus | ante diem V Idus | | 10 | ante diem VI Idus | ante diem IV Idus | ante diem IV Idus | | 11 | ante diem V Idus | ante diem III Idus | ante diem III Idus | | 12 | ante diem IV Idus | Pridie Idus | Pridie Idus | | 13 | ante diem III Idus | Idibus | Idibus | | 14 | Pridie Idus | ante diem XVIII Kalendas | ante diem XIX Kalendas | | 15 | Idibus | ante diem XVII Kalendas | ante diem XVIII Kalendas | | 16 | ante diem XVII Kalendas | ante diem XVI Kalendas | ante diem XVII Kalendas | | 17 | ante diem XVI Kalendas | ante diem XV Kalendas | ante diem XVI Kalendas | | 18 | ante diem XV Kalendas | ante diem XIV Kalendas | ante diem XV Kalendas | | 19 | ante diem XIV Kalendas | ante diem XIII Kalendas | ante diem XIV Kalendas | | 20 | ante diem XIII Kalendas | ante diem XII Kalendas | ante diem XIII Kalendas | | 21 | ante diem XII Kalendas | ante diem XI Kalendas | ante diem XII Kalendas | | 22 | ante diem XI Kalendas | ante diem X Kalendas | ante diem XI Kalendas | | 23 | ante diem X Kalendas | ante diem IX Kalendas | ante diem X Kalendas | | 24 | ante diem IX Kalendas | ante diem VIII Kalendas | ante diem IX Kalendas | | 25 | ante diem VIII Kalendas | ante diem VII Kalendas | ante diem VIII Kalendas | | 26 | ante diem VII Kalendas | ante diem VI Kalendas | ante diem VII Kalendas | | 27 | ante diem VI Kalendas | ante diem V Kalendas | ante diem VI Kalendas | | 28 | ante diem V Kalendas | ante diem IV Kalendas | ante diem V Kalendas | | 29 | ante diem IV Kalendas | ante diem III Kalendas | ante diem IV Kalendas | | 30 | ante diem III Kalendas | pridie Kalendas | ante diem III Kalendas | | 31 | pridie Kalendas | | pridie Kalendas |
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