Today is the twenty-ninth of February, a bonus day to even up calendar discrepancies which allows me (just) to squeeze in another newsletter this month. The idea of a leap year was first introduced in the dramatic reforms to the calendar wrought during the dictatorship of Julius Caesar and tweaked during the reign of his adoptive son, Rome’s first emperor, Augustus.
fascinating!!
What a fabulous, and wildly entertaining piece, Agnes! Thanks for sending this out today.
Thank you for another excellent, impressively written piece.