July and August were previously Quintilis and Sextilis, it’s the start of the year that moved back two months
It’d be even more annoying if they were still essentially named five and six, too! So thanks Jules
Changing the beginning of the year from 1st of March to 1st of January caused that problem. That happened in 153 BC (
600598 AUC), 53 years before Gaius Julius Caesar was born.You mean they stabbed the wrong guy?!
Ah, I guess the Ides of March should have been the Ides of January.
They went from 10 months a year to 12 and instead of adding the new ones to the end, the put them at the beginning.
Before that, there just wasn’t any month for a while in winter before the year started anew.
Yeah, if we had a decimal calendar and decimal time…
Edit: added links
The existence of a tenth month does not mean there are only ten months…
But it would be easier.
Oh I see, I misunderstood. It would definitely be different! I gotta say though I really am uncomfortable with decimal time, I love 60 and its many factors
The Ides of March
Beware them
Beware the fifteenths of March?
It’s a famously stabby time of year.
