Sosigenes of Alexandria
Your good pal Pliny
named you the star observer
leaping over all
Sosigenes was an astronomer that lived during the same time as our old pal Pliny the Elder, and who was consulted to make the Julian calendar for Julias Caesar. Sosigenes was a pretty smart guy and figured out that if he didn't add a leap day every four years the calender would eventually be off and the seasons would not start on the same day they always do. How did these guys know so much back in the day? Half the time I don't even know what day it is, let alone if it's a Leap Year. I tip my hat to you Sosigenes.
Oh Sosigenes, I never knew of yea. Thanks for shedding light on this person. I feel instead of leap year, it should be Sosigenes Year. With slaves doing all of the toil in the ancient empire, scientist were free to ponder. Pliny is proud, and gently smiles inside his coffin of ash.
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