Quote Originally Posted by rong View Post
2 Roman emperors decided their names should be stuck in the calender, so a 10 month year became a 12 month year, ie August & July were invented and added to the calender.
I've heard the emperor's story before, but I didn't think it was a 10 month calendar beforehand? Isn't a month based on a moon phase cycle i.e. meaning you can't arbitrarily decide how long a month is