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The names of the months were Anglicized from various Latin names and events important to Rome, except for the months 9–12, which are named after the Latin numerals 7–10 (septem, octo, novem, and decem) because they were originally the seventh through tenth months in the Roman calendar. [1]
The years were also named after the Archon who had served that year (i.e. Eponymos Archon). [5] Months that had thirty days in them were referred to as Full months while months with twenty-nine days were referred to as Hollow months. [5] This was due to the lunar cycle, and that two lunar cycles was approximately 59.06 days to them. [5]
Of all of the months, only the eighth, Anthesterion, was named directly after the major festival celebrated in its month, the Anthesteria. While the month-naming festivals of Pyanepsia, Thargelia and Skira were relatively important, some of the grandest celebrations in the life of the city are not recognised in the name of the month.
[32] [33] Plutarch records that while one tradition is that Numa added two new months to a ten-month calendar, another version is that January and February were originally the last two months of the year and Numa just moved them to the start of the year, so that January (named after a peaceful ruler called Janus) would come before March (which ...
After the reforms that resulted in a 12-month year, September became the ninth month, but retained its name. September followed what was originally Sextilis , the "sixth" month, renamed Augustus in honor of the first Roman emperor , and preceded October , the "eighth" month that like September retained its numerical name contrary to its ...
It came after Roman Emperor Augustus, who began his rule in 27 BC, is believed to have wanted his dedicated month to have the same number of days as the month named after Julius Caesar.
Similar honorific month names were implemented in many of the provincial calendars that were aligned to the Julian calendar. [68] Other name changes were proposed but were never implemented. Tiberius rejected a senatorial proposal to rename September as "Tiberius" and October as "Livius", after his mother Livia. [69]
Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley was named in a lawsuit filed by a former longtime employee who said she spoke up about months of egregious misconduct by the chief and another top official ...