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How Caesar reformed the Calendar
Julius Caesar is known as a general and politician who transformed the late Roman Republic. Amongst his wide-ranging reforms was the transformation of the calendar. Classicist Matthew Nicholls tells Bridget Kendall how Caesar shaped the way in which we mark the months to this day.
Picture: Julius Caesar, Credit: Gerard Julien/Getty Images
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