This article explains the process by which the Roman calendar evolved and argues that the reason February has 28 days is that Caesar did not want to interfere with religious festivals that occurred in February.
In 45 BC, Julius Caesar reformed the calendar, creating a solar year of 365 days with leap years every four years. The published version can be found at: The Roman calendar was first developed as a lunar calendar, so it was difficult for the Romans to reconcile this with the natural solar year. 15, 2009) out of the University of Alberta. This was my second published article, in a graduate student journal called Past Imperfect (Vol.
