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It was the 10th and final month of the year on the ancient Roman calender.
December was once the 10th month and the final month of the year on the early Roman calendar.
10It was the tenthThe month of December on the Roman calendar was the twelfth month, the same as ours.December was December, it was a Roman month.
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December was once the 10th and final month of the year on the early Roman calendar.
The ancient Roman calendar that was in use for about 40 years of the 8th century B.C. did not have a name for the time between December and Martius (March). Therefore December, which means tenth month in Latin, was the tenth month of the year at that time.
Because October was the 8th month of the roman calender and September was the 7th.But,they changed it!
She was a Roman goddess. To honor her, the Romans named a month after her when they made the calender.
the tenth monthDecember was December, it was a Roman month.
December gets its name from the Latin word decem, which means "ten." It was originally the 10th month of the year in the early Roman calendar, which began with spring.
It comes from Latin, more specifically the Roman calender of Numa Pompilius. During Roman times December was the tenth month. Decem means tenth. At the time, January and February were considered so dreary, the Roman's didn't even name months for those days. They just called that time winter.
November was the ninth month in the ancient Roman calender and thus took its name from the Latin Novem, meaning ninth