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First century B.C. Greek astronomer who was among those consulted by Julius Caesar on calendar reform. Sources suggest that Sosigenes used Egyptian astronomical calculations, and was the person who convinced Caesar to use a 365-day year with a leap...
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Sosigenes of Alexandria was named by Pliny the Elder as the astronomer consulted by Julius Caesar for the design of the Julian calendar. It appears that little or nothing is known about him apart from two references in Pliny's Natural History. Some web...


 

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