Incredible Cleopatra Facts That You Didn’t Learn in History Class

She Gave Us Leap Years

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The solar cycle meant that there would be 365 days each year and every four years there would be a leap year. This cycle gave us the calendar that we use today and we have Cleopatra to thank for that. Her astronomers gave her that knowledge, which she passed to the Romans and subsequently the rest of the world.

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