![]() This calendar would be called the Julian calendar. Julius Caesar established January 1st as the beginning of the year to solve this problem. The further and further one got from the center of a city, the less likely they would know what day it was. This made it difficult to plan events and really anything at all. Without communication technology, people across the Roman Empire didn’t know what day it was. 46 BC Julis Caesar established January 1st as New Year’s Day. ![]() If you kept your promise (New Year’s Resolution) to the gods, it was said that good fortune would fall upon you. They lived in a more trade-based economy, so this was a good moment to reset. Citizens would make promises to the gods for the new year and use this as a moment to return borrowed tools, supplies and equipment. This symobolized a new beginning and was paired with the Babylonian Akitu Festival. The beginning of the calendar started in the March/April time frame when the crops started to grow. 4000 years ago in Mesopotamia, life revolved around agriculture. ![]()
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