The Roman’s pre-Julian calendar of just 10 months is said to have been established by Romulus — the first king of Rome, according to legend. This calendar ran from March to December, leaving a winter ...

falls on 1 January (New Year's Day), as was the case both in the old Roman calendar (at least after about 713 BCE) and in the Julian calendar that succeeded it. The order of months was January to ...

The month’s quirky timing dates back to the 10-month Roman calendar, which began in March ... and in many cases, just plain ...