The Leaps and Myths of Leap Year

How the Roman calendar and the solar cycles were aligned

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In 45 BC, Rome was the world’s heart, beating at the rhythm of conquests and marches of legions led by emperor Julius Caesar, who traced his bloodline to the origins of Rome and claimed to be a descendant of the goddess Venus through the Trojan prince Aeneas and his son Iulus.