Julian calendar

基本解釋

Before the pope's intervention, the Romans and much of the European world marked time on the Julian calendar.
在教皇敢于之前，羅馬人乃至歐洲世界眾國都是以儒略歷（陽歷)確定時間。
Using the Julian calendar, the autumnal equinox, vernal equinox, and seasons were arriving 11 minutes earlier each year.
利用凱撒制定的歷法，每年的春秋分日和四季都會提前11分鐘。
A widespread theory is that it dates back to the adoption of the Gregorian calendar with the term April Fool applying to those who were still following the Julian Calendar.
一種比較普遍的觀點認為愚人節(jié)與“格里歷”（即現(xiàn)行公歷）的使用有關，當時人們將在公歷普及后仍使用羅馬儒略歷（公歷的前身）的人稱為“四月愚人”。

However,the Orthodox Church in America says most of its members follow the revised Julian calendar and celebrate on December twenty-fifth.
Orthodox Christmas is observed on January seventh, based on the Julian calendar.

Before the Revolution, Russia had not yet adopted the Gregorian calendar, introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582 to mitigate the errors of the Julian calendar, which owes its name to the Roman emperor who had chosen it 46 years before the birth of Jesus Christ.
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the calendar introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 bc, identical to the present calendar in all but two aspects: the beginning of the year was not fixed on Jan 1 and leap years occurred every fourth year and in every centenary year &rarrcompare Gregorian calendar