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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) | ||
Revision as of 01:52, May 2, 2007
I know he's a vandal, but isn't this actually where the name came from? The Romans screwed up the calendar and then added two extra months in (February and March?), throwing off the Sept-, Oct-, Nov-, Dec- thing. GodlessLiberal 21:25, 1 May 2007 (EDT)
- July and August - named after Julius and Augustus. --Mtur 21:28, 1 May 2007 (EDT)
- January is named after the god Janus. Feb through June... no idea. GodlessLiberal 21:30, 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 --Mtur 21:52, 1 May 2007 (EDT)
Yes, it is. I just reverted all his contributions en masse to save time. DanH 21:28, 1 May 2007 (EDT)
Feel free to revert it back. DanH 21:29, 1 May 2007 (EDT)