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Caesar and Augustus didn't insert those months, they were renamed from Quintilis and Sextilis in their honour. The reason for the discrepancy in names is due t
by julesnp 7y ago
Caesar and Augustus didn't insert those months, they were renamed from Quintilis and Sextilis in their honour.
The reason for the discrepancy in names is due to the fact that March used to be the first month of the year. It was changed to January hundreds of years before Caesar came along, so the naming scheme was already 2 months off by that point.
- thaumasiotes 7y ago> March used to be the first month of the year. It was changed to January hundreds of years before Caesar came along Depends on your perspective. In the US (really, in Britain), this change occurred during the lifetime of George Washington, who arguably lived hundreds of years after Caesar. ;p
- dfawcus 7y agoand our (UK) tax system still hasn't caught up, starting on the 5th April.