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Didn't the year begin in March in the Julian calendar? Isn't a "march" also a borderland area, such as Denmark, or the Marchi, ruled by a marquis or a markgraf, etc? Wetman 00:03, 15 Feb 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Lenctmonat

Perhaps the explanation here is correct, but Lenct sounds an aweful lot like "Lenz" (German variant for "spring"). It might of course be that German "Lenz" is related with "length", but that should be backed up by some indo-european scholar, methinks.80.235.69.5 (talk) 20:03, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] National Wag Day

Looks like some vandalism slipped through the cracks here, and has since been picked up by a couple of blogs ([1] [2]). Crickey! Ziggurat 04:14, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia

I removed this from the Trivia section; it seems kind of obvious:

Jim Douglas 06:58, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hellenic calendar

Re: "In ancient Hellenic civilization, March was called Anthesterion": I believe that there's no such thing as the ancient Hellenic calendar (see the remarks by Thucydides at the opening of his history. According to the Attic calendar article, Anthesterion corresponds to January/February in the festival calendar, one of the three calendars used in Athens, itself only one of the Hellenic systems. So I've deleted the sentence pending a more expert revision. Richard Pinch 06:56, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why is the Danish name for March called Marts while Norwegian, Swedish, Faroese, Icedandic and French' name is called Mars?

Why is the Danish name for March called Marts while Norwegian, Swedish, Faroese, Icedandic and French' name is called Mars?

English Danish Norwegian Swedish Faroese Icelandic French
March Marts Mars Mars Mars Mars Mars