#Repost from @raining_zen using @nextgrabit (No Ads!) .. Earlier, we focused on Janus, for whom January is named. But did you know Januarius was not always the first month of the year? The original Roman calendar began the year in March (Martius) when Spring arrived. Januarius and Februarius were added by Numa Pompilius, one of Rome’s kings in the pre-Republic days. He also moved the beginning of the year to Januarius and set the number of days equal to 29 because Romans considered odd numbers lucky (all Roman festivals originally occurred on odd-numbered days). Centuries later Julius Caesar set the length to 31, as well as adding days elsewhere to fix the problem of the months no longer corresponding to the seasons, a result of the fact that the Roman year was shorter than the actual solar year. And speaking of Caesar, did you know Zen has a few pieces of Roman glass from the time of Caesar? Our glass comes from Roman ruins in Afghanistan. Janus to Caesar to Zen. Boom. .. #insta_grabit #nextgrabit @nextgrabit https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ5H5WWHG8h/?igshid=2jo8o0p5r32l