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 Where do the month names come from?

Name	Comes from	Who or what?	Why?
January	Janus	God of Doors	This month opens the year.
February	februo	purify	This was a Roman month of sacrifices and purification.
March	Mars	God of War	Start of year for soldiers (no fighting during winter)
April	aperire	open	This is the month when trees open their leaves.
May	Maia	Goddess of Growth	This is the month when plants really start to grow.
June	Juno	Queen of the Gods
July	Julius Caesar	Ruler of Rome	He reorganised the calendar.
August	Augustus	Ruler of Rome	He thought he was at least as important as Julius Caesar!
September	septem	seven	Seventh month (counting from March)
October	octo	eight	Eighth month (counting from March)
November	novem	nine	Ninth month (counting from March)
December	decem	ten	Tenth month (counting from March)

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GET INTO A GLADIATOR'S LIFE BY READING HERE :http://www.salariya.com/web_books/gladiator/index.html


ANOTHER GREAT LINK FOR ANCIENT ROMANS IS
 HERE:http://rome.mrdonn.org/index.html



Gladiators were armed warriors who entertained large audiences in the Roman Empire, by fighting other gladiators and even wild animals.

Watch this video to know more about the history of Gladiators and why this practice was later banned.

FINALLY IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO TO A GLADIATOR SCHOOL ,THERE IS ONE IN ROME 

• You'll go to Gladiator School for half a day
• You'll learn from the extremely knowledgeable instructors all about the history of ancient Roman gladiators
• You'll see ancient weaponry and armour actually worn in gladiator fights
• You'll get to touch them - and to wear them
• You'll learn about a day in the life of ancient Roman gladiators
• You'll be taught to fight like one using practice swords
• You'll use authentic weapons in your very own gladiator fight, in a real Arena
• You'll have tales to tell when you go home about how you experienced your very own gladiator fights within sight of the ancient Roman Colosseum. et set ... With the history lesson out of the way the real fun begins and you'll learn all about what it was like to fight in the ancient Roman Colosseum.
  
  
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MORE IFORMATION HERE:http://www.explore-italian-culture.com/gladiator-school.html



take a look at the  OLOSSEUM  here:http://www.360cities.net/image/colosseum-rome-italy#299.90,14.10,70.0