How Did The 12 Months Of The Year Get Their Names?

How Did The 12 Months Of The Year Get Their Names?

Video: The simple and obvious answer: They come from the Romans. But the whole story on how the months of the year got their names is a little bit more interesting and includes bits about how the calendar first started in March, how they just started naming months after numbers after June, how there were month-less days and how Julius Caesar tweaked it all. History is fun.


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