Saturday, March 14, 2015

Time Piece Questions

Barely into the third month of the year, I'm really sick of Romanesque or Romanish names of months.  What is the connection between our months and these terms? 

Doesn't March, and march, and martial and marshall all come from Mars?  Do wars start or end in this month?  Don't many cultures already name a day of the week for him?


Quoting from Wikipedia:
Italian cameo bracelet representing the days of the week, corresponding to the planets as Roman gods: Diana as the Moon for Monday, Mars for Tuesday, Mercury for Wednesday, Jupiter for Thursday, Venus for Friday, Saturn for Saturday, and Apollo as the Sun for Sunday. 
Middle 19th century, Walters Art Museum

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