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10It was the tenthThe month of December on the Roman calendar was the twelfth month, the same as ours.December was December, it was a Roman month.
the tenth monthDecember was December, it was a Roman month.
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December has 31 days in the Gregorian calendar, as that is the calendar that we now use.
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December was once the 10th and final month of the year on the early Roman calendar.
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The ancient Roman calendar that was in use for about 40 years of the 8th century B.C. did not have a name for the time between December and Martius (March). Therefore December, which means tenth month in Latin, was the tenth month of the year at that time.
Not in the Gregorian calendar
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Yes. They did.
The name "December" comes from the Latin word "decem," which means "ten." In the original Roman calendar, December was actually the tenth month, but when the calendar was later modified, it became the twelfth month. Despite this change, the name remained the same.