2007-07-19 12:40:18 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The roman calendar was 10 months from March to December. January and February were added in 713BC. July and August were not added, they were renamed. The Christians changed the year to start in January.
2007-07-19 12:54:31 · answer #1 · answered by JuanB 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only two I know of are Julius Caesar who has July and August named after Caesar Augustus.
It was Caesar that developed the 12 month 30 day calender and it was sometime in the 14-1500's they noted that the missing day ever other month or so threw the seasons way off in a century or so.
Makes you wonder if they really got it fixed, look at our seasons now, oops wait, thats global warming silly me not nature or a calender mathematical error. Then again it could still be off too!!
2007-07-19 20:39:49 · answer #2 · answered by Legend Gates Shotokan Karate 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do beleive that eitehr Augustus or Julius Caesar added July and August to the Calendar about 1900 years ago to celebrate them selves.
Giant egos those Roman Emporers.
2007-07-19 19:47:43 · answer #3 · answered by Spiral Wizard 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
January Januarius Named after the god Janus.
February Februarius Named after Februa, the purification festival.
March Martius Named after the god Mars.
April Aprilis Named either after the goddess Aphrodite or the Latin word aperire, to open.
May Maius Probably named after the goddess Maia.
June Junius Probably named after the goddess Juno.
July Julius Named after Julius Caesar in 44 B.C.E. Prior to that time its name was Quintilis from the word quintus, fifth, because it was the 5th month in the old Roman calendar.
August Augustus Named after emperor Augustus in 8 B.C.E. Prior to that time the name was Sextilis from the word sextus, sixth, because it was the 6th month in the old Roman calendar.
September September From the word septem, seven, because it was the 7th month in the old Roman calendar.
October October From the word octo, eight, because it was the 8th month in the old Roman calendar.
November November From the word novem, nine, because it was the 9th month in the old Roman calendar.
December December From the word decem, ten, because it was the 10th month in the old Roman calendar
2007-07-19 19:55:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
All I know is May for the Goddess Maia,sense I was born in May.
2007-07-19 20:16:36 · answer #5 · answered by Someone 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋