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Originally Posted by yesman
Julius Caesar gave us our modern calendar with 12 months and 365 days. Originally there were only 10 months, running from March to December. The winter time didn't have any months.
Then they added two more, but you can still tell that there were 10 because, September (from the Latin septem)- means 7 (but now it's the 9th month). October (from the Latin octo) means 8 (but now it's the 10th month). November (from the Latin novem) - means 9 (and now it's the 11th month) and finally December(from the Latin decem) - means 10 (and of course now it's the 12th month.)
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The changeover year that brought the calendar back into synch with the seasons had some humongous number of days in it. And, of course, he introduced the leap year. Unfortunately, the Roman senate managed to mess up it's first application; I forget the exact details.