Hmmm strange yet quite intriguing 🤔
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There are 12 months, but the year used to start in March. That made December the 10th month.
Ahh thank you! I didnt know I was misinformed about this. I though two months where added by the Romans?
But from what you say, would that make my math incorrect or is it still accurate since the months on the old calendar would be minus 2 when written down.
The numbers are current, so still 68.
I took Latin in school, and the month names being two off was explained to us then. Also the part about where the names of July and August came from. They were originally called Quintilis and Sextilis for five and six.
What's really amazing is that I remember this after more than 50 years.
Says here I'm correct and it was originally 10 months
Martius - 31 Days Aprilis - 30 Days Maius - 31 Days Iunius - 30 Days Quintilis - 31 Days Sextilis - 30 Days September - 30 Days October - 31 Days November - 30 Days December - 30 Days
Romulus was legendary, so I would suspect anything attributed to him.
"Some scholars doubt the existence of this calendar at all, as it is only attested in late Republican and Imperial sources and supported only by the misplaced names of the months from September to December. Rüpke also finds the coincidence of the length of the supposed "Romulan" year with the length of the first ten months of the Julian calendar to be suspicious."
I win?