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erehweb
on Feb 28, 2024
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Julius Caesar's Year of Confusion
Also of interest - the Senate offered to rename November for Tiberius, but he declined, saying "What will you do if you have 13 Caesars?" (Cited from:
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/welcome-to-tiberius%E2%80%9...
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hcs
on Feb 28, 2024
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At the other end of that scale is Commodus, who wanted every month named after one of his 12 names: Lucius, Aelius, Aurelius, Commodus, Augustus, Herculeus, Romanus, Exsuperatorius, Amazonius, Invictus, Felix, and Pius
resolutebat
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Saparmurat Niyazov, President for Life of Turkmenistan, was comparatively modest when he renamed only January after himself and April after his mom.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_renaming_of_Turkmen_month...
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