id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-7177 Roman calendar - Wikipedia .html text/html 8634 1269 71 The term often includes the Julian calendar established by the reforms of the dictator Julius Caesar and emperor Augustus in the late 1st century BC and sometimes includes any system dated by inclusive counting towards months' kalends, nones, and ides in the Roman manner. After the establishment of the Roman Republic, years began to be dated by consulships and control over intercalation was granted to the pontifices, who eventually abused their power by lengthening years controlled by their political allies and shortening the years in their rivals' terms of office.[citation needed] Having won his war with Pompey, Caesar used his position as Rome's chief pontiff to enact a calendar reform in 46 BC, coincidentally making the year of his third consulship last for 446 days. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-7177.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-7177.txt