How dare the Romans dictate to us when January is January and when to celebrate New Year?
I want TWO Aprils.
And Christmas in June.
This whole New Year thing....
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Bob Singleton
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Re: This whole New Year thing....
Some of us celebrate the winter solstice... after all that's mother nature's new year! Far more logical to celebrate the end of long nights and short days and the begining of days getting longer than some arbitrary date.
"But how to make Liverpool economically prosperous? If only there was some way for Liverpudlians to profit from going on and on about the past in a whiny voice."
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beutelwolf
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Re: This whole New Year thing....
fudgeflaps wrote:
> How dare the Romans dictate to us when January is January and
> when to celebrate New Year?
They didn't. They started the new year in March - one can tell from the names of the months September to December, because "septem" means 7, "decem" means 10, i.e. September used to be the 7th month of the year in the Roman calendar.
> How dare the Romans dictate to us when January is January and
> when to celebrate New Year?
They didn't. They started the new year in March - one can tell from the names of the months September to December, because "septem" means 7, "decem" means 10, i.e. September used to be the 7th month of the year in the Roman calendar.
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Bob Singleton
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Re: This whole New Year thing....
beutelwolf wrote:
> fudgeflaps wrote:
>
> > How dare the Romans dictate to us when January is January and
> > when to celebrate New Year?
>
> They didn't. They started the new year in March - one can tell
> from the names of the months September to December, because
> "septem" means 7, "decem" means 10, i.e. September used to be
> the 7th month of the year in the Roman calendar.
It was the introduction of the months of July and August (named after Julius and Augustus) that pushed September through to December back two months!!
> fudgeflaps wrote:
>
> > How dare the Romans dictate to us when January is January and
> > when to celebrate New Year?
>
> They didn't. They started the new year in March - one can tell
> from the names of the months September to December, because
> "septem" means 7, "decem" means 10, i.e. September used to be
> the 7th month of the year in the Roman calendar.
It was the introduction of the months of July and August (named after Julius and Augustus) that pushed September through to December back two months!!
"But how to make Liverpool economically prosperous? If only there was some way for Liverpudlians to profit from going on and on about the past in a whiny voice."
- Stewart Lee
- Stewart Lee
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beutelwolf
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Re: This whole New Year thing....
Bob Singleton wrote:
> It was the introduction of the months of July and August (named
> after Julius and Augustus) that pushed September through to
> December back two months!!
No, these two were renamings, not insertions.
The Roman calendar had indeed only ten months but that was before January and February were introduced.
> It was the introduction of the months of July and August (named
> after Julius and Augustus) that pushed September through to
> December back two months!!
No, these two were renamings, not insertions.
The Roman calendar had indeed only ten months but that was before January and February were introduced.