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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)
: 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)
::So it was January and February that were added in when Julius reformed the calendar in (I think) 45 BC? All your name info agrees with the respective articles here, except April. I had gone through all the other months and posted on [[Talk:April]] that I didn't think it was named for Aphrodite. Feel free to go change it. [[User:GodlessLiberal|GodlessLiberal]] 21:56, 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)