sj_zero on Nostr: They used to name some months after numbers in Europe, which is why there's names ...
They used to name some months after numbers in Europe, which is why there's names like September, October, November December, which is 7 ember, 8 ember, 9 ember, 10 ember -- this dates back to ancient Rome. The first few months were named after gods or other things(March for example being named after the God of War Mars), But it turns out you need more than 10 months, and people messed with it changing words and such, and here we are.
They didn't used to consider 2 of the months months, just dead time where nothing got done because it was the middle of winter. Two more months were added at a time near the end of the Zhou dynasty that Confucianism is based on -- January named after Janus the god of beginnings, and February, based on a festival that occurred in that month.
There were two other numerically named months, Quintilis and Sextilus (fifth month, sixth month).
The first emperor of Rome changed those months to reflect Julius Caesar and Emperor Augustus.
Overall though, the big thing to keep in mind is that the Romans weren't really big into Math. They let the Greeks handle that sort of thing. So of course the 12th month is december... the 10th month.
They didn't used to consider 2 of the months months, just dead time where nothing got done because it was the middle of winter. Two more months were added at a time near the end of the Zhou dynasty that Confucianism is based on -- January named after Janus the god of beginnings, and February, based on a festival that occurred in that month.
There were two other numerically named months, Quintilis and Sextilus (fifth month, sixth month).
The first emperor of Rome changed those months to reflect Julius Caesar and Emperor Augustus.
Overall though, the big thing to keep in mind is that the Romans weren't really big into Math. They let the Greeks handle that sort of thing. So of course the 12th month is december... the 10th month.