Because they were bad
Back in the BC's, Julius and Augustus, the Roman emperors, wanted months named after them. So, in their honor, we now have July (Julius) and August (Augustus)
No months were added. There were twelve months in the Roman calendar, just as in ours. Julius and Augustus did not add months named after themselves. The names of two of the existing months were changed to honor them.No months were added. There were twelve months in the Roman calendar, just as in ours. Julius and Augustus did not add months named after themselves. The names of two of the existing months were changed to honor them.No months were added. There were twelve months in the Roman calendar, just as in ours. Julius and Augustus did not add months named after themselves. The names of two of the existing months were changed to honor them.No months were added. There were twelve months in the Roman calendar, just as in ours. Julius and Augustus did not add months named after themselves. The names of two of the existing months were changed to honor them.No months were added. There were twelve months in the Roman calendar, just as in ours. Julius and Augustus did not add months named after themselves. The names of two of the existing months were changed to honor them.No months were added. There were twelve months in the Roman calendar, just as in ours. Julius and Augustus did not add months named after themselves. The names of two of the existing months were changed to honor them.No months were added. There were twelve months in the Roman calendar, just as in ours. Julius and Augustus did not add months named after themselves. The names of two of the existing months were changed to honor them.No months were added. There were twelve months in the Roman calendar, just as in ours. Julius and Augustus did not add months named after themselves. The names of two of the existing months were changed to honor them.No months were added. There were twelve months in the Roman calendar, just as in ours. Julius and Augustus did not add months named after themselves. The names of two of the existing months were changed to honor them.
There are only two men that have months named after them. They are Julius Caesar, who Had the month of July named for him, and Augustus Caesar who has the month of August named for him.There are only two men that have months named after them. They are Julius Caesar, who Had the month of July named for him, and Augustus Caesar who has the month of August named for him.There are only two men that have months named after them. They are Julius Caesar, who Had the month of July named for him, and Augustus Caesar who has the month of August named for him.There are only two men that have months named after them. They are Julius Caesar, who Had the month of July named for him, and Augustus Caesar who has the month of August named for him.There are only two men that have months named after them. They are Julius Caesar, who Had the month of July named for him, and Augustus Caesar who has the month of August named for him.There are only two men that have months named after them. They are Julius Caesar, who Had the month of July named for him, and Augustus Caesar who has the month of August named for him.There are only two men that have months named after them. They are Julius Caesar, who Had the month of July named for him, and Augustus Caesar who has the month of August named for him.There are only two men that have months named after them. They are Julius Caesar, who Had the month of July named for him, and Augustus Caesar who has the month of August named for him.There are only two men that have months named after them. They are Julius Caesar, who Had the month of July named for him, and Augustus Caesar who has the month of August named for him.
Just think of the months, it will help. Or use wikipedia.
September and October were orgininally the seventh (sept) and eighth (oct) months in the calendar. Julius Caesar, and Augustus Caesar both wanted months named after them - so July (for Julius) and August (for Augustus were inserted into the calendar - moving both September and October back two months.
July- Julius Caesar August- Augustus Caesar
Ancient Rome (with July names after Julius Caesar and August after Octavian Augustus).
The months of the Julian calendar are the months we use today. We use the Gregorian calendar, which is a slightly modified version of the Julian calendar. The month July is named after Julius Caesar. August is named after Augustus.
The month of July is named after Julius Caesar and the month of August is named after Augustus Caesar.
The month of July is named after Julius Caesar and August is named after Caesar Augustus. They both changed the months and the amounts of days in them, giving us the calendar that our modern ones are based on.
The months of July and August are named after two famous Roman leaders: July after Julius Caesar and August under Augustus Caesar. The days were added to their two months in their honour.
Julius Caesar was a very strict Roman ruler. Had one son, who's name was Octavius. Julius died when he was ordered to a senate meeting. His wife had a bad feeling about him going there. But he didn't listen. He went anyway, when he got there he was stabbed to death by the other senators. After his death, his son Octavius became the first real emperor of Rome. He was one of the most successful rulers of his time. From all he achieved, he was crowned with the name Augustus, which meant something like "You're the greatest!" to the Romans. Quick Trivia: The months in the roman calendar were mostly accurate, but they had 13 instead of 12. In the calendar were two certain months : July, and August. They were named after Julius and Augustus. That's why we have them today.