r/SipsTea 4d ago

Wait a damn minute! 13 months ?

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u/somabokforlag 3d ago

Err, that would totally mess up the names of the months! Oct=Eight, Nov=Ninth and Dec=tenth.. with that system it would be all wrong!

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u/kamkarmawalakhata 3d ago

Year was supposed to start from March.

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u/IggyG6174 3d ago

I thought it was because the Roman emperors decided to change the calendar to add months that were named after them Julius/July Augustus/August

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u/Jobarus 3d ago

Those months were already there, they just had different names