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switched to a seven-day week. This was originally a so-called planetary or astrological week, a cycle of disputed origins that named each day after a classical planet and the god identified with that planet. Due to the spread of Christianity, the Romans' astrological week was identified and merged with the Christian seven-day week centred on Sunday (the day of the Resurrection of Christ), which had originated with the Jewish seven-day week

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