The month of the emperor
A great practice, now lost, in European culture has been that of renaming the months of the year. The month of August, since we're approaching its height, was not always called August. In ancient Rome, it used to be called Sextilis, the sixth month; in Anglo-Saxon England, Weod-mōnaþ, literally 'Weed month'. And many other cultures and languages which n…
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