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To: Captain Jack Aubrey

Julian date calendar reform almost pre-dated Christianity.

Ol' Caesar was not a Christian. And Augustus was a bit of a cut-up. The Brute.


33 posted on 08/29/2004 5:56:09 PM PDT by NicknamedBob (I can see why he thought it'd be cool, but Kerry should have applied for the "Not-So-Swift" boats...)
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To: NicknamedBob

So the Julian calendar added the two new months and the Church calendar added 11 days?


34 posted on 08/29/2004 5:57:48 PM PDT by Captain Jack Aubrey
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To: NicknamedBob
Julian date calendar reform almost pre-dated Christianity.

Yes. Actually, it did pre-date Christianity. So did Julius Caesar. You know, the first JC :-)

50 posted on 08/29/2004 6:26:32 PM PDT by mhx
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