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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (3 children)

the roman year started on march 1 so thats how they numbered months. English never caught up.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Neither did other European languages

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

*some. For example Croatian, Czech, Polish and Ukrainian are using local names.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Never said "all"

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Better yet they only had 10 months, and the remaining 60ish days of the year were just 乁⁠(⁠ ⁠•⁠_⁠•⁠ ⁠)⁠ㄏ

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

The Roman year originally started in March (the month of Mars) because that's when the war season started. January and February were at the end of the year and originally weren't named at all.

But at some point, the Romans had a problem with one of their politicians. He had a one year term. To get rid of him, they moved the new year to January. It was supposed to be temporary but somehow we're still living with the results of that lifehack.