How many months of a year, according to the Gregorian calendar,

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How many months of a year, according to the Gregorian calendar, have been named after Roman emperors ?

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3. 2
4. 3

Correct Option: C

The Romans named months after Julius Caesar and Augustus, renaming Quintilis as “Iulius” (July) in 44 BC and Sextilis as “Augustus” (August) in 8 BC. Quintilis was renamed to honour Caesar because it was the month of his birth. According to a 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.