which two months of the year are named after roman gods

[beverley69]

After much discussion in a recent quiz i was at on of the questions was which two moths of the year were named after Roman gods the answer that was given was July after julies Ceaser and August after Augustus but most people replied with Janruary after Janus and March after Mars I have googled it but am gettin confusing answers can any one please help

Cheers

[kempie]

Julius Caesar was Consul of Rome.
Augustus was Roman Emperor.

Janus (or Ianus) was the Roman god of gates, doors, doorways, beginnings, and endings.

Mars was the Roman god of war.

[jake-the-peg]

Well June is for Juno - strictly speaking a goddess rather than a god but a rather fine distinction

[fredpuli47]

The quiz setters were partly right! Within a month of his death, the senate declared the emperor Augustus a god. Technically, therefore, there are three months named after Roman gods.

[jno]

Augustus also had Julius Caesar declared a god

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_cult_(an cient_Rome)#From_Julius_Caesar_to_Hadrian

[kempie]

Can a god not know they are a god and thus be elevated to the position after "death"?

The Roman Emperor to first believe he was a god was Caligula.

[Lil O'lady]

From the time of the death of Augustus it became a convenient political practice to make the dead emperor - and sometimes dead members of his family - into gods, a process called 'apotheosis' and very useful as a word in pub quizzes.
Apotheosis gave a focus for the activity of any factions / supporters of the old regime, pulled together the new regime by showing that it was respecting 'ancient tradition', and in the eyes of the people made the living emperor's position stronger as 'everyone knew' he was destined to be a god.
It's a symptom of how badly things deteriorated in Caligula's brief reign that he wasn't deified after his death, and many of his orders made during his lifetime, to build temples etc to himself, were sort of 'delayed' and so never carried out.