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And he was in part responsible for the mess since he assumed the role of Pontefix Maximus but was away from Rome to wage war left and right and didn't fulfil hi
by ithkuil 5y ago
And he was in part responsible for the mess since he assumed the role of Pontefix Maximus but was away from Rome to wage war left and right and didn't fulfil his yearly duties of syncing the calendar.
The role of the Pontefix Maximus was to insert intercalar months to sync the calendar to seasons.
With the reform he basically automated himself out of the job.
- labster 5y agoThe pontifex quite often used intercalary months for political ends, like lengthening terms of office. But as dictator, Caesar’s term was as long as he wanted, so why not fix the damn thing? Since taxes were determined by month, it’s much better to have stable months, so distant provinces knew for sure what day it was. Still, cool to imagine Caesar as a hacker automating his job.
- erehweb 5y agoSince Caesar was also interested in cryptography the hacker tag fits. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_cipher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_cipher