How much more difficult? As historian Michele Renee Salzman remarked in "The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Rome," the calendar was so far out of whack by Caesar's time that in 44 B.C., Jan. 1 ...

Imagine a summer holiday at a seaside resort, with days spent sunbathing, reading books, exploring nature and chatting with ...

January 1 marks the beginning of a new year for most of the world. However, it was not always the case. Let’s take a look at the history of various calendars and their different new years ...

The legacy of Ancient Rome can hardly be understated. Our calendar, languages, and law systems would have been very different had it not been for the Romans. Add to that their engineering prowess ...

The tradition of celebrating the New Year has evolved over millennia, from ancient Mesopotamia's Akitu festival to the modern ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Tuesday formally inaugurates the 2025 Holy Year, reviving an ancient ... pilgrimages to Rome. One item on the Jubilee’s unofficial calendar, Sept.