How did the months of the Gregorian calendar get their names? Were some months really named after Roman deities and rulers?

The South German Fasching festival owes its origin, the result is one of the strangest popular festivals to be seen in Europe ...

Thousands of years ago, in Rome, a holiday was observed, which was then known as Lupercalia (literally translates to “feasts of Lupercus”). The Romans believed that a God, that went by the name ...