Bissextile Year
Bissextile Year :
An old name for a leap year. In the Roman calendar as proclaimed by Julius Caesar in 45 BC, the leap ("intercalary") day in a leap year was inserted not at the end of February but after the day known as ante diem sextum Kalendas Martii (February 24). The leap day was known as ante diem bis sextum Kalendas Martii, hence the bissextile day, and the year was the bissextile year
No records Found