| − | A '''month''' is a portion of a year corresponding roughly to the passage of the [[Earth]] round the moon (a 'lunar month', of which there are, in fact, thirteen). There are twelve terrestrial months in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], a practice started with the [[Romans]] in the [[Julian Calendar]]. The months are named after pagan gods, goddesses, festivals, events, Roman emperorsm, and numbers. The ninth to twelfth months are named after the [[Latin]] words for seven to ten because in [[Roman]] times the year started with March. | + | A '''month''' is a portion of a year corresponding roughly to the passage of the [[Earth]] round the moon (a 'lunar month', of which there are, in fact, thirteen). There are twelve terrestrial months in the [[Gregorian Calendar]], a practice started with the [[Roman]]s in the [[Julian Calendar]]. The months are named after pagan gods, goddesses, festivals, events, Roman emperorsm, and numbers. The ninth to twelfth months are named after the [[Latin]] words for seven to ten because in [[Roman]] times the year started with March. |