[...] > > One of my favorite bits of trivia is that the reason that > months 9, 10, > 11 and 12 are named 7, 8, 9 and 10 is because there were two > months added, which were named for Julius and Augustus Ceaser.
The name Caesar (sp!) is quite interesting. It was the family name but because of the fame of Julius and Augustus (who was his adopted son), it became a prestige name which the later emperors adopted. From there it has changed into other royal names such as Czar and Kaiser. Numerous cities were also named Caesarea and the name lives on. In Turkey we have Kayseri; north of Jaffa is Qaisariyeh. The most unexpected transformation, in my opinion, is the Spanish city of Zaragoza - derived from Caesar Augustus. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
