- In the
ancient Roman calendar,
Quintilis or
Quinctilis was the
month following Junius (June) and
preceding ****tilis (August).
Quintilis is
Latin for "fifth":...
-
March (Martius, "Mars' month"). The
month following June was thus
called Quinctilis or Quintilis, the "fifth" month.
Iunius had 29 days
until a day was added...
-
Hercules of the
Muses Until renamed for
Julius Caesar, this
month was
called Quinctilis or Quintilis,
originally the
fifth month (quint-) when the year began...
- in leap
years 3
March 31 4
April 30 5 May 31 6 June 30 7 July
formerly Quinctilis 31 8
August formerly ****tilis 31 9
September 30 10
October 31 11 November...
- 8 BC in
honor of the
first Roman emperor, Augustus. ****tilis
followed Quinctilis,
which was
renamed Julius (July)
after Julius Caesar, and
preceded September...
- each
month now had an odd
number of days:
Martius (March),
Maius (May),
Quinctilis (July), and
October continued to have 31; the
other months, 29, except...
- 595. The
letter J was not
invented until the 16th century. The
spelling Quinctilis is also attested; see page 669 of The
Oxford Companion to the Year. T...
-
taken by his Genius; his
birthday was made a
public festival; the
month Quinctilis was
renamed July, in his
honor (as June was
named for Juno). At last a...
- near the
kings and in the
temple to Quirinus. The
month of his birthday,
Quinctilis, was
renamed in his
honour (eventually
becoming modern July); a temple...
-
emulating the
successful renaming of the
Roman months originally called Quinctilis (July,
after Julius Caesar) and ****tilis (August,
after Augustus). According...
