Wednesday, July 1, 2020

July, Julius Ceaser


 July originally fell on the fifth month of the year in the Roman Calendar and it was called Quintilis. Quintilismeans "fifth" in Latin. It was later renamed July in honor of Julius Ceaser in 44BC because July was his birth month.
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