The Surprising Story of the First Leap Year #history #shorts

Why do we have an extra day every four years? Is February 29th just a random day? NOPE! It all goes back to Julius Caesar and his political desire to invent a new calendar.

In this SHORT, you'll discover:

Why Caesar added an extra day to the year
How it FIXED the calendar ️
FUN FACT: What the extra day was called originally!
#LeapYear #History #JuliusCaesar #MindBlown #Shorts #ancientrome #ancienthistory #ancienttechnology #didyouknow #didyouknowfacts

[tribunateSPQR]

Is the Julian Calendar Caesar's most important reform?

[Ancient__Wisdom]

Remember reading this - thanks for the reminder

[AlbertM]

I thought that by his time Januarius had already been made the first month.