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SEXY GLAM
MAGAZINE - DECEMBER 2014
T
he celebration of the New Year
on January 1st is a relatively new
phenomenon. The earliest recording
of a New Year celebration is be-
lieved to have been in Mesopotamia,
c. 2000 B.C. and was celebrated
around the time of the vernal equi-
nox, in mid-March. A variety of other
dates tied to the seasons were also
used by various ancient cultures.
The Egyptians, Phoenicians, and
Persians began their new year with
the fall equinox, and the Greeks cel-
ebrated it on the winter solstice.
Early Roman Calendar: March 1st
Rings in the New Year
The early Roman calendar desig-
nated March 1 as the New Year.
The calendar had just ten months,
beginning with March. That the New
Year once began with the month of