According to ancient Roman history, October was not originally the tenth month of the year- what was it?
2006-10-12 09:54:39 · 11 answers · asked by tinkerbella 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Halloween
"Octo" is Latin for "Eight". ("Septem"=7, "Novem"=9, "Decem"=10). The original Roman calendar had only ten months, beginning with March. Apparently Winter was so dark and dismal that people didn't bother counting the days.
2006-10-12 10:06:04 · answer #1 · answered by skepsis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
October means eighth month, just as september=7th month, november=9th month and december=10th month, before Julius and Augustus Caesar added months with their names that, make the year more nearly correct. Pope Gregory added the final touches centuries later, and we still use his calendar
2006-10-12 10:19:13 · answer #2 · answered by miyuki & kyojin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was the 8th month, and calender year began with March. Why it later changed into today's system, I really do not know.
2006-10-12 10:03:09 · answer #3 · answered by California_Cruisin' 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was originally the 8th month.
2006-10-12 09:57:04 · answer #4 · answered by mzJakes 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
December...July and August were added for Julius and Augustus Ceasar
2006-10-12 10:02:28 · answer #5 · answered by The Cheminator 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Last Month before the New Year! .... just a guess!! lol!
2006-10-12 10:25:39 · answer #6 · answered by jessi7teen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
January
The first month used to be April.
2006-10-12 10:02:22 · answer #7 · answered by nmtgirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was originally the 8th month
2006-10-12 10:06:56 · answer #8 · answered by nonners1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
origanlly it was december and october was the eigth because it has oct in its name meaning8 like octagon or octapusse
2006-10-12 10:04:20 · answer #9 · answered by lazy michael 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was the 8th month. because octo means 8th
2006-10-12 11:07:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋