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1. The Julian calendar fixed a 365-day year with a leap day every fourth year, replacing the earlier, error-prone practice of intercalation.
2. Julius Caesar's reform in 46 BCE required inserting a single 445-day year to reset the calendar to the solar cycle.
3. Rome's road network, built primarily for military logistics, later became a vital channel for trade across the empire.
4. The Gregorian reform of 1582 refined the leap-year rule to correct the Julian calendar's slow drift from the equinoxes.
5. Britain and its colonies did not adopt the Gregorian calendar until 1752, prompting riots among people who felt days had been stolen from them.
2. Julius Caesar's reform in 46 BCE required inserting a single 445-day year to reset the calendar to the solar cycle.
3. Rome's road network, built primarily for military logistics, later became a vital channel for trade across the empire.
4. The Gregorian reform of 1582 refined the leap-year rule to correct the Julian calendar's slow drift from the equinoxes.
5. Britain and its colonies did not adopt the Gregorian calendar until 1752, prompting riots among people who felt days had been stolen from them.
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Answer: 3
Sentences 1, 2, 4 and 5 trace a continuous narrative of calendar reform from the Julian to the Gregorian system and its reception. Sentence 3, about Rome's road network and trade, is unrelated to calendrical history and disrupts this throughline, making it the odd sentence out.
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