October is the tenth month of the year in the
Julian
Julian may refer to:
People
* Julian (emperor) (331–363), Roman emperor from 361 to 363
* Julian (Rome), referring to the Roman gens Julia, with imperial dynasty offshoots
* Saint Julian (disambiguation), several Christian saints
* Julian (give ...
and
Gregorian calendars and the sixth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. The eighth month in the old
calendar of Romulus , October retained its name (from
Latin and
Greek ''ôctō'' meaning "eight") after January and February were inserted into the calendar that had originally been created by the Romans. In
Ancient Rome, one of three
Mundus patet would take place on October 5,
Meditrinalia
The Meditrinalia was a festival in the traditional Roman religion, celebrated on October 11 in honor of the new vintage, which was offered as libations to the gods for the first time each year. Though now obscure, the festival may have been so call ...
October 11,
Augustalia on October 12,
October Horse on October 15, and
Armilustrium on October 19. These dates do not correspond to the modern Gregorian calendar. Among the
Anglo-Saxon
The Anglo-Saxons were a Cultural identity, cultural group who inhabited England in the Early Middle Ages. They traced their origins to settlers who came to Britain from mainland Europe in the 5th century. However, the ethnogenesis of the Anglo- ...
s, it was known as
Winterfylleth (Ƿinterfylleþ), because at this full moon, winter was supposed to begin.
October is commonly associated with the season of
spring in parts of the
Southern Hemisphere, and