Calendar Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Other variants=== The early [[Roman calendar]], created during the reign of [[Romulus]], lumped the 61 days of the winter period them together as simply "winter."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Derek |date=2018-03-08 |title=Roman Calendar |url=https://editions.covecollective.org/chronologies/roman-calendar |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=editions.covecollective.org |language=en}}</ref> Over time, this period became January and February; through further changes over time (including the creation of the [[Julian calendar]]) this calendar became the modern Gregorian calendar, introduced in the 1570s.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-29 |title=Who Decided January 1st Is the New Year? |url=https://time.com/6550127/new-year-celebration-january-calendar-date-history/ |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=TIME |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kelechava |first=Brad |date=2016-02-11 |title=History of the Standard Gregorian Calendar |url=https://blog.ansi.org/2016/02/history-of-standard-gregorian-calendar/ |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=The ANSI Blog |language=en-US}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page