Ancient Rome: The Roman Calendar
Ancient Rome was known for not only all the art, agriculture, and language, but also the calendar created. The calendar helped the Roman people to what time of year it was and it is still used today. Many people benefited from the calendar and used it in their daily lives. Ancient Rome developed a lot because of the calendar and how it made life easier in Rome.
The calendar was developed because they didn't think 304 days aligned with all of the seasons. King Numa Pompilius reformed the calendar around 700 BCE by adding the months of January and February, to the original 10 months. This increased the year’s length to about 354 or 355 days. The addition of January and February meant that some of the months’ names no longer agreed with their …show more content…
January wasn’t always the first month in Rome, they started in March which was the month to cease all wars because of the new year. The next month was April and it got its name because it comes from the word aperire a Latin word that means “to open”and this represents the opening of buds and flowers in spring. May was named after Maia the goddess of growing plants and June was a popular month for weddings because of Juno the god of marriage. Then, the month July was named after Julius Caesar and August was named after Augustus Caesar. September gets its name from the Latin word septem which means “seven” and October gets its name from the Latin word octo which means “eight.” November gets it name from the Latin word novem which means “nine” and December gets its name from the Latin word decem which means “ten.” February was named after the festival Febru and January gets its name from Janus the god of beginnings and endings.
The Romans borrowed many ideas for their calendar from the Greeks. Examples of this would be that there was originally 10 months or 304 days. Later on the Romans changed this because the years weren’t long enough. Also, they had a day called “leap day” which is either on February 25th or 26th. Leap day takes place every 4
The calendar was developed because they didn't think 304 days aligned with all of the seasons. King Numa Pompilius reformed the calendar around 700 BCE by adding the months of January and February, to the original 10 months. This increased the year’s length to about 354 or 355 days. The addition of January and February meant that some of the months’ names no longer agreed with their …show more content…
January wasn’t always the first month in Rome, they started in March which was the month to cease all wars because of the new year. The next month was April and it got its name because it comes from the word aperire a Latin word that means “to open”and this represents the opening of buds and flowers in spring. May was named after Maia the goddess of growing plants and June was a popular month for weddings because of Juno the god of marriage. Then, the month July was named after Julius Caesar and August was named after Augustus Caesar. September gets its name from the Latin word septem which means “seven” and October gets its name from the Latin word octo which means “eight.” November gets it name from the Latin word novem which means “nine” and December gets its name from the Latin word decem which means “ten.” February was named after the festival Febru and January gets its name from Janus the god of beginnings and endings.
The Romans borrowed many ideas for their calendar from the Greeks. Examples of this would be that there was originally 10 months or 304 days. Later on the Romans changed this because the years weren’t long enough. Also, they had a day called “leap day” which is either on February 25th or 26th. Leap day takes place every 4