The Julian calendar was proposed in 46 BC by (and takes its name from) Julius Caesar, as a reform of the earlier Roman calendar, which was largely a lunisolar one. [2] It took effect on 1 January 45 ...

Many Roman statues appear starkly white today. Yet in antiquity, these sculptures were adorned with bright paints and intricate patterns, bringing them vividly to life. Ancient Rome maintains a ...

Rome is a city where modern life and ancient ruins coexist. However many tourists are surprised to discover that a sizable chunk of ancient Rome is buried beneath the present city, often up to 10 ...

calendar proposed by M. Milanković in 1923 and adopted by some Eastern Orthodox churches, according to which a year is a leap year if it is divisible by 4, unless it is divisible by 100, unless its ...

In the ancient Chinese calendar ... estimated birth date for Jesus Christ to introduce the Gregorian calendar to replace the Julian version. This corrected the inaccuracies of the Julian calendar ...

By the 16th century, the calendar was out of phase with the seasons by 11 days. Pope Gregory XII added 11 days to the ...

25, 2024 — Scientists successfully extracted and analyzed DNA from ancient cheese samples found ... likely represent the world's oldest solar calendar, created as a memorial to a devastating ...

Who were Caracalla and Geta, the Unhinged Roman Brother Emperors Depicted in Gladiator II? Michael Hanaghan /The Conversation When Gladiator I was released in 2000, I was a high school Classics ...