In fairness, July and August weren't inserted, they were renamed from Quintilis and Sextilis, literally the fifth and sixth months of the Roman calendar.
Much earlier, Pompilius (history about whom is largely legendary, and actions attributed to him should be taken with a grain of salt) introduced January and February and set the numbering out of line. These months were previously just lumped in as monthless winter days.
All Julius Caesar did was rebalance the calendar without changing the months. The rename of Quintilis wasn't even until after he was stabbed.
Gregory XIII then further tweaked it to give us the modern calendar.
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Viking_Hippie @lemmy.dbzer0.com - 9mon
monthless winter days
As a Scandinavian, I hate how much I relate to that 😄
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Tar_Alcaran - 9mon
Exactly! They inserted 1 and 2 in the front instead of 11 and 12 at the back. It's just a counting issue.
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iflyspaceships @lemmy.world - 9mon
I always found it funny that they got to the 7th month then said "Fuck it, 7 8 9 and 10"
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MohamedMoney @feddit.org - 9mon
Just like they named their kids
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Successful_Try543 @feddit.org - 9mon
As I've learned, they named their sons by numbers, but not necessarily in consecutive order.
qaz in 196
Et tu rulus
https://moviegique.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_5955988908a90.png
Vocative case: 'Et tu, rule'
But they DO go the house, tho 🤷
Copying my comment from a couple of days ago.
In fairness, July and August weren't inserted, they were renamed from Quintilis and Sextilis, literally the fifth and sixth months of the Roman calendar.
Much earlier, Pompilius (history about whom is largely legendary, and actions attributed to him should be taken with a grain of salt) introduced January and February and set the numbering out of line. These months were previously just lumped in as monthless winter days.
All Julius Caesar did was rebalance the calendar without changing the months. The rename of Quintilis wasn't even until after he was stabbed.
Gregory XIII then further tweaked it to give us the modern calendar.
As a Scandinavian, I hate how much I relate to that 😄
Exactly! They inserted 1 and 2 in the front instead of 11 and 12 at the back. It's just a counting issue.
I always found it funny that they got to the 7th month then said "Fuck it, 7 8 9 and 10"
Just like they named their kids
As I've learned, they named their sons by numbers, but not necessarily in consecutive order.