One annoyingly pedantic correction: Julius Caesar was never an emperor, nor was the Julian calendar introduced at the time that he was made dictator for life. He first gave attention to the problem in 48 BC while campaigning in Egypt, then implemented the reform (with substantial assistance from astronomers and mathematicians) during his…
One annoyingly pedantic correction: Julius Caesar was never an emperor, nor was the Julian calendar introduced at the time that he was made dictator for life. He first gave attention to the problem in 48 BC while campaigning in Egypt, then implemented the reform (with substantial assistance from astronomers and mathematicians) during his consular year in 46 BC. He was proclaimed dictator for life in 44 BC (an extension of the temporary dictatorships held over the previous five years), and was assassinated soon after. His nephew and adopted son Augustus became the first emperor as such in 27 BC, after an extended civil war.
One annoyingly pedantic correction: Julius Caesar was never an emperor, nor was the Julian calendar introduced at the time that he was made dictator for life. He first gave attention to the problem in 48 BC while campaigning in Egypt, then implemented the reform (with substantial assistance from astronomers and mathematicians) during his consular year in 46 BC. He was proclaimed dictator for life in 44 BC (an extension of the temporary dictatorships held over the previous five years), and was assassinated soon after. His nephew and adopted son Augustus became the first emperor as such in 27 BC, after an extended civil war.
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