Except these leap months weren’t always added according to plan.

但，这些闰月并不规律。

Except these leap months weren't always added according to plan.

除了那些按照计划不总是被加入的闰月。

Politicians would ask for leap months to extend their terms, or " forget" them to get their opponents out of office.

因为，政治家会要求增添闰月来延长自己的任期，或者恶意缩短闰月来减少对手的任期。

So every other year, the last few days of February were ignored and a 27-day leap month was added after February 23rd or 24th.

所以，在每一年，二月的额外天数则会被忽略掉，一个27天的月份跳跃式的插入在二月第23天或者24天后面。

And if Rome was at war, sometimes the leap month would be forgotten for years, and by the time Julius Caesar came to power, things had gotten pretty confusing.

如果罗马处于战争状态，有时闰月会被忘记好多年，而在凯撒大帝上台时，事情已经变得很令人困惑了。