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Podcast: Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography, & More
Episode: Questions and Answers: Volume 32
Description: The months of the year are named after Roman god, and some are named after their placement in the year. However, the first month to be named after an actual person was the month of July, which was named after Julius Caesar.Â
What is surprising isn’t that the name of the month has stuck for over 2000 years, it's that more rulers didn’t try to name months of the year after themselves.Â
Many more rulers would have done this if they had answered their subjects’ questions.Â
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