2006-12-10 14:41:54 · 8 answers · asked by kakashi 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
There were 12 months.
Here's a little history: The Julian calendar came into force in 45 BC and the twelve months of the Roman calendar were named Ianuarius, Februarius, Martius, Aprilis, Maius, Iunius, Quintilis, Sextilis, September, October, November, and December.
The Gregorian Calendar was devised both because the mean year in the Julian Calendar was slightly too long, causing the vernal equinox to slowly drift backwards in the calendar year, and because the lunar calendar used to compute the date of Easter had grown conspicuously in error as well. The Gregorian calendar system dealt with these problems by dropping a certain number of days to bring the calendar back into synchronization with the seasons, and then slightly shortening the average number of days in a calendar year, by omitting three Julian leap-days every 400 years.
2006-12-10 15:28:16 · answer #1 · answered by mg3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know the Julian Calendar (Roman) was superceded by the Gregorian calendar in the late 1500's because it was more accurate. Not every one adopted it though. I seem to remember being taught in school that at one point there was only 10 months in a roman calendar (August was named after Augustus, and October -Octavius etc and December was originally the 10th month (Dec = ten).
2006-12-10 15:08:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nissan - March-April
Iyar - April-May
Sivan - May-June
Tammuz - June-July
Av - July-August
Elul - August-September
Tishri - September-October
Cheshvan - October-November
Kislev - November-December
Tevet - December-January
Shevat - January-February
Adar I (leap years only) - February-March
Adar (called Adar II in leap years) - February-March
2006-12-10 14:48:08 · answer #3 · answered by Stasi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the same months we have now
--excluding tribes and stuff..
but some countries are in different years than the rest of the world, like china
2006-12-10 14:43:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
should be the same months that we have now in days which is 12 of them.
chin
2006-12-10 14:43:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same as there are now.
2006-12-10 14:43:18 · answer #6 · answered by Mosh 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IM NOT THAT OLD, BUT CLOSE, LOL, I'M SURE THEY'RE THE SAME ONES WE'VE GOT TODAY
GOD BLESS
2006-12-10 14:44:55 · answer #7 · answered by thewindowman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
www.as.wvu.edu/~jel/skywatch/skw9606.html
2006-12-10 14:45:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋