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July was not added to the calendar for Julius Caesar. An existing month, Quintilis, was renamed after him.
Rome's calendar already had 12 months by Caesar's time. Quintilis, the "fifth month", was renamed Iulius in 44 BC to honour Julius Caesar, because it was the month of his birth. In 8 BC, Sextilis was renamed in honour of Caesar Augustus, which gave us August.
Sources
- July Wikipedia
- Keeping Time: Months and the Modern Calendar (Robert Coolman) Live Science
Adapted from Wikipedia's article List of things named after Julius Caesar, first featured in its "Did you know" section, text available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Browse reworded it after checking the sources above; this fact's text is offered under the same licence.
What the wording keeps
- renamed in 44 BC
- Quintilis was the fifth month of the older March-first calendar
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