Julian calendar

===Roman===
The Romans later renamed months after Julius Caesar and Augustus, renaming Quintilis as "Iulius" (July)<ref name=J /> in 44&nbsp;BC and Sextilis as "Augustus" (August) in 8&nbsp;BC. Quintilis was renamed to honour Caesar because it was the month of his birth.<ref>Suetonius, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Julius*.html#76 ''Caesar''] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120530163202/http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Julius*.html#76 |date=2012-05-30 }} 76.1.</ref> According to a {{lang|la|[[senatus consultum]]}} quoted by Macrobius, Sextilis was renamed to honour Augustus because several of the most significant events in his rise to power, culminating in the fall of Alexandria, occurred in that month.<ref>Suetonius, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Augustus*.html#31.2 ''Augustus'' 31.2]; Macrobius, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/L/Roman/Texts/Macrobius/Saturnalia/1*.html#12.35  ''Saturnalia'' 1.12.35] (Latin)</ref>

Other months were renamed by other emperors, but apparently none of the later changes survived their deaths. In AD&nbsp;37, [[Caligula]] renamed September as "Germanicus" after his [[Germanicus|father]];<ref>Suetonius, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Caligula*.html#15.2 ''Caligula'' 15.2].</ref> in AD&nbsp;65, [[Nero]] renamed April as "Neroneus", May as "Claudius" and June as "Germanicus";<ref>Tacitus, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Tacitus/Annals/15C*.html#74 ''Annals'' 15.74], [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Tacitus/Annals/16*.html#12 16.12].</ref> and in AD&nbsp;84 [[Domitian]] renamed September as "Germanicus" and October as "Domitianus".<ref>Suetonius, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Domitian*.html#13.3 ''Domitian'' 13.3].</ref> [[Commodus]] was unique in renaming all twelve months after his own adopted names (January to December): "Amazonius", "Invictus", "Felix", "Pius", "Lucius", "Aelius", "Aurelius", "Commodus", "Augustus", "Herculeus", "Romanus", and "Exsuperatorius".<ref>[https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/73*.html#72-15.3 Dio Cassius 73.15.3].</ref> The emperor [[Marcus Claudius Tacitus|Tacitus]] is said to have ordered that September, the month of his birth and accession, be renamed after him, but the story is doubtful since he did not become emperor before November 275.<ref>Historia Augusta, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Historia_Augusta/Tacitus*.html#13.6 ''Tacitus'' 13.6]. On the chronology see [http://www.roman-emperors.org/tacitus.htm R. McMahon, ''Tacitus''.]</ref> Similar honorific month names were implemented in many of the provincial calendars that were aligned to the Julian calendar.<ref>Surveyed in K. Scott, ''Honorific Months'', Yale Classical Studies 2 (1931) 201–278.</ref>

Other name changes were proposed but were never implemented. [[Tiberius]] rejected a senatorial proposal to rename September as "Tiberius" and October as "Livius", after his mother Livia.<ref>Suetonius, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Tiberius*.html#26.2 ''Tiberius'' 26.2].</ref> [[Antoninus Pius]] rejected a senatorial decree renaming September as "Antoninus" and November as "Faustina", after [[Faustina the Elder|his empress]].<ref>Historia Augusta, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Historia_Augusta/Antoninus_Pius*.html#10 ''Antoninus Pius'' 10.1].</ref>