We read a poem about January in English class yesterday. My English teacher mentioned that Janus was the God that the word January came from. Janus is a Roman name that I have heard before in Latin class. It has to do with Roman history and I am also reminded that there only used to be ten months of the year (September, October, November, December-Sept-7, Oct-8, Nov-9, Dec-10). Now they are the ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth months of the year. Janus is the Roman God of gates and doorways. Janus has two faces. One face looks to the past and the other looks to the future.
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