The Longest Year in Human History (46 B.C.E.)
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Hand-picked by a BrighterTube curator · found via HackerTube (Karpathy's dataset of videos Hacker News recommends · 92% confidenceHistoria Civilis turns a dry topic into a clear narrative grounded in ancient sources; one of the channel's most recommended videos.
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How Julius Caesar's calendar reform produced the 445-day year of 46 BCE and gave us the Julian calendar.
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Part of Julius Caesar, Roman History, Chronological Order
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