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[–] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 56 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (5 children)

That's what happens when people don't get an education.

September, October, November and December get their names precisely because they were the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th month of the Roman calendar.

1 Martius Named after Mars, the god of war
2 Aprilis Possibly derived from "aperire" (to open) or "Aphrilis" (from Aphrodite, the Greek equivalent of Venus)
3 Maius Named after Maia, a goddess of growth
4 Junius Named after Juno, the queen of the gods and goddess of marriage
5 Quintilis From the Latin word "Quinque," meaning five
6 Sextilis From the Latin word "sex," meaning six
7 September From the Latin word "septem," meaning seven
8 October From the Latin word "octo," meaning eight
9 November From the Latin word "novem," meaning nine
10 December From the Latin word "decem," meaning ten

The guy who messed it up by adding two more months to, you know, match the solar year, was King Pompilius who died peacefully in his bed.

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 30 points 4 days ago

Adding two more months (Januarius and Februarius) wasn't the problem and they probably always have existed, but starting the year with January instead of March was. This decision was made in 601 AUC (153 BCE) much later than the legendary king.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Thank you for the history lesson. I was only peripherally aware of the story.

So from your post I take it he's no longer available for stabbing?

[–] LePoisson@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Hmm thanks for the lesson, I never really paid much attention to calendar reform in ancient Rome. Interesting to see how much random fake history is memed around.

[–] Nangijala@feddit.dk 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Mars was also the god of agriculture, which was the main reason the first month was named after him, as that was when the sowing of fields started as well as war campaigns usually starting around that time of year as well.

I forget, but was Intercalaris not a month in the Roman calendar too? If I remember correctly, they had a leap month that they would implement some years to realign the calendar, but I forget if that was Intercalaris or the one that starts with an M. I always forget what it's called.

[–] CanadaPlus@futurology.today 1 points 3 days ago

Prior to that the winter just wasn't counted as an official period where things could happen, I guess.

Although everything recorded from the monarchy era should be taken with a grain of salt.