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 | | When, in the 4th century BC, the accepted length of the year became 365.25 days, the total number of solar calendar days involved became 2.922, and it was then realized that the octaeteris was not so satisfactory a cycle as supposed, since the 29.5-day lunation period was still used. |
 | | In 44 BC, the second year of the Julian calendar, the Senate had decided to alter the name of the month Quintilis to Julius (July), in honour of Julius Caesar, and in 8 BC Augustus prevailed upon them to change the name of Sextilis to Augustus (August), in his honour. |
 | | In 222 BC the date of assuming duties was fixed as March 15, but in 153 BC it was transferred to the Kalendae of January, and there it remained. |
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