Fact Check - Epilogue: Modern Civilization as the Destruction of Archaic Order
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Query: Epilogue: Modern Civilization as the Destruction of Archaic Order
Fact Check
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beginning the year 10 days late instead of on the winter solstice, which falls awkwardly on December 21 instead of on January 1
Can you help us figure this out: Is the year actually begun 11 days late, not 10 days late? (January 1 is 11 days after December 21, not 10; perhaps it was different in 46 BC?) This also affects other chapters’ mentions of Julius Caesar and the “10 days” in Chapter 1, Chapter 2, and possibly others.
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