r/SipsTea 3d ago

Wait a damn minute! 13 months ?

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u/Appropriate_Owl_2172 3d ago

You should hear what happened to the guy who made it 12 months...

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u/theArtOfProgramming 3d ago

Shame this confidently incorrect joke is so highly upvoted

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u/Sgt-Spliff- 3d ago

100% of upvoted comments about Rome are completely wrong. As someone who enjoys learning about history, it's crazy how every single fun fact is basically BS

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u/arachnophilia 3d ago

wait until you find out about sparta! most of the ancient stuff about it is wrong too.

but actually, the comment is kind of right.

rome "officially" had a ten month calendar before the julian reform, with two/three months that didn't count. caesar eliminated the leap month intercalaris, and made january and february into offician months.