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had at the time Of Julius Caesar become Involved re
the many changes that had been introduced into it
by the priests. by the unsurratIons Of the dcccm.
virs, AMI by other magistrate at different times and
for various purposes. sssA ~ { - 4 lA3LAIf
AT this period, and for some time preceding it
the year consisted Of three hundred and fifty days.
and this was altered at pleasure to srcspond with
the seasons Of the solar year usitg interealfte
days; but sometimes The common year, consisting
OF thresinnilred and fifty -ase daya, xas allowed
TO continue ora series Of years without The addition
sof intercaltng days, which produced gre de-
rangcmensin the seasons, and induced Juius Cesar
with bis adviser Losigines, in the-45th year before
Christ, to decree that the common year should con-
sst of three hundred and sixty FIVE days; but tina.
every third ear should have annntercnltingo or ad
ditional .lay introduced after the 6 Of the caands
( # March e the Oath Of February. which year he
called Bssextc because tn sixth Of te calandees o.
! March was then doubled making that year to con-
sistdf threeIIrane rcd and sixty six days - .ils
From this arrangement we must conclude that
they considered the year composed Of three hundred
and sixty Eve days ayd eight hours. And II was'll
further ordered that the year should Commences n
future nthe first Of Januarythe FIRST new noon,
preceding the winter solstee Of the prcceding year.
occurring on that dAy, which event was nxed upon
as the epoch Of The new change. We may judge Of
the inextricable confusion into which the calendar
had become involved, from the fact that the preyi-
90 year had 10 consist Of four hundred and forty
Eve days--a circums ance which obtained for 1t the
.kepitlet Of the "year ofconfusion. . ~. eg..sss
The error, wliieh was thussnsle by having leap
year occur ,0n every third instead every fourth
D continued until the 9Th year before Christ; when
, it. was discovered that only ten intercalations or
!. leap years should have occurred, whereas there
had been thirteen and consequently The year began
, three days too late The calendar was accordingly
corrected again by ordering that each Of the ensuing
twelve years should contain three hundred'aad six
ty Eve days only: and that there should not be any
leap year for the ensuing twelve years; and there
after every fourth year sh ould be leap year. Soon
after thisperod the Roman year was adopted By all
Christian nations though each mad its own era, and
It began its yearat different seasons. But after the
9th century it became general for them to date from
? the birth of our Saviour IS .st..-z1...: +
~ As the solar year consists Of but three hund-ed
and sixty Eve days, I've hours, forty eight minutes
and forty nine seconds. the calendar fell behind the
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