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: July and August - named after Julius and Augustus. --[[User:Mtur|Mtur]] 21:28, 1 May 2007 (EDT)
 
: July and August - named after Julius and Augustus. --[[User:Mtur|Mtur]] 21:28, 1 May 2007 (EDT)
 
::January is named after the god Janus. Feb through June... no idea. [[User:GodlessLiberal|GodlessLiberal]] 21:30, 1 May 2007 (EDT)
 
::January is named after the god Janus. Feb through June... no idea. [[User:GodlessLiberal|GodlessLiberal]] 21:30, 1 May 2007 (EDT)
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: February is from februare which is Latin for to purify.  March is named after Mars - the time when the snow melted enough to get ready to go back to war.  April was Aprilis which is possibly a form of aperire - to open, as in flowers opening.  May was Maia, mother of Mercury (and Jupiter) depending on the story.  Others had her as the daughter of Faunus, and wife of Vulcan.  June was Juno - Roman equivalent of Hera.  It appears I was incorrect above about the insertion of months. The roman year started with March 1 - and thus October would be the 8th month of that calandar. http://www.factmonster.com/spot/newyearhistory.html --[[User:Mtur|Mtur]] 21:52, 1 May 2007 (EDT)
    
Yes, it is. I just reverted all his contributions en masse to save time. [[User:DanH|DanH]] 21:28, 1 May 2007 (EDT)
 
Yes, it is. I just reverted all his contributions en masse to save time. [[User:DanH|DanH]] 21:28, 1 May 2007 (EDT)
    
Feel free to revert it back. [[User:DanH|DanH]] 21:29, 1 May 2007 (EDT)
 
Feel free to revert it back. [[User:DanH|DanH]] 21:29, 1 May 2007 (EDT)
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