Oskar Sigvardsson wrote:
On 9/6/06, ScottL scott@mu.org wrote:
According to [[March]], the month is named after Mars the god of war. The fact that he is the god of war is empirically verifiable?
SKL
Are you asking if it's independently verifiable whether in Roman times, Mars was considered the God of War? Certainly it is, pick up any book on ancient roman mythology, and there you will find "Mars is the God of War" somewhere in it.
This seems obvious. Why did you ask?
--Oskar
No I was just applying the logic that using the AD/BC system implies that Jesus is god means that using the names of the months imply that the Roman Gods were gods as well.
SKL