Missing Constellations in VM Zodiac

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A new calendar every year. It all depends on when the new year begins. Sometimes it was Easter.

But also March 1. The University of Tübigen (some will know the digitized manuscripts on OpenDigi) writes the following:

Difficulties in dating can also arise due to the different beginnings of the year. December 25 (Christmas) was often counted as the beginning of the year, sometimes also January 1, March 1 (according to the ancient Roman model) or - particularly widespread in France - Easter (the latter also results in different year lengths!).

I have written to the university and asked them to explain when and where the beginning of the year was set to March 1 according to the ancient Roman model (!). To me, this looks like a statement and not speculation - let's see if I get an answer.

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