Julian calendar

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Julian calendar

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Also known as Old Style, Christian calendar, old Western calendar, old Christian calendar

calendar introduced by Julius Caesar in 45 BC

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The Julian calendar is a system for tracking days and months that Julius Caesar introduced in 45 BC to help organize the Roman Empire's timekeeping. It matters historically because it was widely used for over 1,600 years and laid the groundwork for the calendar system many people still use today.

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Instance of: interval scale
Subclass of: calendar system
Has part: day
Named after: Julius Caesar
Creator: Sosigenes of Alexandria

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replaced by: Gregorian calendar
Commons category: Julian calendars
topic's main category: Category:Julian calendar
Commons gallery: Julian calendar
different from: Julian year
inception: 0045-00-00
replaces: Roman calendar
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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location of creation: Roman Empire

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