Ancient Roman Calendars – May & June
The Ancient Roman calendars went through a number of improvements, in particular taking it from 10 months to 12. The Julian calendar reformed under Julius Caesar was already extremely similar to our own. This image taken from an eighteenth century book of historical dates, numbers, inscriptions & astronomical events was printed in Paris in 1763. Title: “Tablettes Chronologiques de l’Histoire Universelle, Sacree et Prophane, […]
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The Ancient Roman calendars went through a number of improvements, in particular taking it from 10 months to 12. The Julian calendar reformed under Julius Caesar was already extremely similar to our own.
This image taken from an eighteenth century book of historical dates, numbers, inscriptions & astronomical events was printed in Paris in 1763. Title: “Tablettes Chronologiques de l’Histoire Universelle, Sacree et Prophane, Ecclesiastique et Civile, Depuis la Creation du Monde justqu’a l’an 1762.” by Abbot Lenglet Dufresnoy. Book 1: Ancient History.
The name of the month of May (Maius) stems from the name of the goddess Maia. That of the month June is tied to the Roman goddess Juno: mother of the Roman gods, wife of Jupiter.