Macedonian Calendar

The Macedonian calendar is a lunisolar calendar that originated in Macedonia.

The old Macedonian calendar had leap month added biyearly (once every two years).^{[1, p.38]}

History

332 BCE: Alexander the Great entered Egypt and the Macedonian calendar came with him.^{[1, p.38]} In Egypt, the calendar was mainly used by cults.^{[1, p.39]}

c.240 BCE: The months of the Macedonian calendar fell out of alignment with the moon.^{[1, p.38]}

Late-C3rd BCE: The Macedonian and Egyptian calendar were not in sync and so the prior was fixed to match the latter.^{[1, p.39]} This system of matching was in use until the late C2nd CE.^{[1, p.40]}

163 BCE: The Macedonian calendar was once again made the official calendar of Egypt. This time it was done by Ptolemy VII Philometor.^{[1, pp.39-40]}

References:

[1] – E. J. Bickerman. “Chronology of the Ancient World” (England, 1968). Accessed 1 Feb. 2021.

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