OCTOBER WAS ORIGINALLY THE EIGHT MONTH OF THE YEAR.
The original Roman calendar that our modern calendar is based on was 304 days long and contained only 10 months. The final six months (Quintilis, Sextilis, September, October, November, and December) were derived from the Latin words for the numbers 5-10! Quintilis and Sextilis would later become known as July and August, but their namesakes, Julius Caesar and Augustus Caesar weren't born yet.
During the reign of Numa Pompilus, the emperor chose to add the months of January and February to the beginning of the calendar, thus making the calendar 355 days long. In doing so, however, he made the names of the final months misnomers
The original Roman calendar that our modern calendar is based on was 304 days long and contained only 10 months. The final six months (Quintilis, Sextilis, September, October, November, and December) were derived from the Latin words for the numbers 5-10! Quintilis and Sextilis would later become known as July and August, but their namesakes, Julius Caesar and Augustus Caesar weren't born yet.
During the reign of Numa Pompilus, the emperor chose to add the months of January and February to the beginning of the calendar, thus making the calendar 355 days long. In doing so, however, he made the names of the final months misnomers
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