Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTIL that January 1 was chosen as the first day of the year by Julius Caesar as the god Janus (where January got its name) was the god of doors and it made sense that the door was open to the new year.www.mentalfloss.comexternal-linkmessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up1322arrow-down14
arrow-up1318arrow-down1external-linkTIL that January 1 was chosen as the first day of the year by Julius Caesar as the god Janus (where January got its name) was the god of doors and it made sense that the door was open to the new year.www.mentalfloss.comQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square36linkfedilink
minus-squareQuilotoa@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoYou’ll have to take that up with Julius depending, of course, if you’re going to the same place he is.
minus-squareFedizen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoJulius hasn’t been forcing people to keep it this way.
You’ll have to take that up with Julius depending, of course, if you’re going to the same place he is.
Julius hasn’t been forcing people to keep it this way.
… the ground?