The month of July is named after Julius Caesar. In the original Roman calendar, it was called Quintilis, meaning the fifth month, since the year began in March. In 44 BCE, after Caesar’s assassination, the Roman Senate officially renamed Quintilis to Julius to honor him for his lasting contributions, especially his reform of the calendar system that shaped Roman civic and agricultural life.
Julius Caesar introduced the Julian calendar, a solar-based system that replaced the older lunar calendar and brought greater consistency and accuracy to timekeeping. The name Julius eventually became July in English through Latin and Old French influences. The renaming served as a political and cultural tribute to Caesar and helped keep his name alive in daily Roman life and beyond.
