Intercalary month

Definition

An additional month inserted into a calendar to bring its lunar months into alignment with the solar year.

Used by OCR

Paper 2

A lunar year is shorter than the year measured by the sun, so he inserted additional, intercalary months to bring the two into alignment. Livy’s Roberts translation describes a twenty-year cycle for this adjustment.
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GCSE History · key term

An additional month inserted into a calendar to bring its lunar months into alignment with the solar year.

Used by OCR

Paper 2

A lunar year is shorter than the year measured by the sun, so he inserted additional, intercalary months to bring the two into alignment. Livy’s Roberts translation describes a twenty-year cycle for this adjustment.
Revise: Numa Pompilius and Roman Religious Identity

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