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Aren't only September, October, November, and December the only unchanged Latin month names?
by nandomrumber 1y ago
Aren't only September, October, November, and December the only unchanged Latin month names?
- throw0101d 1y ago> January (in Latin, Ianuarius) is named after Janus, the god of beginnings and transitions in Roman mythology.[1] * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January#History > The Roman month Februarius was named after the Latin term februum, which means "purification", via the purification ritual Februa held on February 15 (full moon) in the old lunar Roman calendar. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February#History > The name of March comes from Martius, the first month of the earliest Roman calendar. It was named after Mars, the Roman god of war, and an ancestor of the Roman people through his sons Romulus and Remus. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March#History etc
- lostmsu 1y agoIsn't July also named after Julius Cesar?