The old, pre-reformation calendar was called the Julian calendar, right? Meaning that Julius Caesar was repsonsible.
If I recall correctly, he added two months to the calendar and named one of them - July - after himself.
But "August" is named after Augustus (Octavian), who was only a lad when Julius was Consul. Julius wouldn't have named the month after an adolescent.
So is what is commonly known as the Julian calendar in fact an Augustan calendar? Or did August briefly (between the time Julius did his calendar work and the time Octavian finally defeated James Purefoy in battle) have another name - and if so, what was it?
If I recall correctly, he added two months to the calendar and named one of them - July - after himself.
But "August" is named after Augustus (Octavian), who was only a lad when Julius was Consul. Julius wouldn't have named the month after an adolescent.
So is what is commonly known as the Julian calendar in fact an Augustan calendar? Or did August briefly (between the time Julius did his calendar work and the time Octavian finally defeated James Purefoy in battle) have another name - and if so, what was it?
Comment