> By the time of Julius Caesar, the solstices were on the 25th That is false. See https://kiwihellenist.blogspot.com/2022/05/julian-calendar.html https://kiwih

> By the time of Julius Caesar, the solstices were on the 25th That is false. See https://kiwihellenist.blogspot.com/2022/05/julian-calendar.html https://kiwihellenist.blogspot.com/2022/05/julian-calendar.h... , or "Digression #2: why do Roman writers report the date of the solstice as 25 December?" at https://kiwihellenist.blogspot.com/2015/12/christmas-and-its-supposed-pagan-links.html https://kiwihellenist.blogspot.com/2015/12/christmas-and-its... . Solstices were on the 25th a few hundred years before the time of Julius Caesar. He did not even attempt to put them back there.