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A romantic idea. The word severe comes from the Latin 'severus' which means strict or stern and pre-dates the Emperor's name. Makes sense. Oh well it did sound like a nice tale. Thanks Clive You can console yourself with the fact that July is named after Julius Caesar, August after Augustus, and September, October, November and December, after the Latin for 7, 8, 9, and 10 No, I'm not THAT bad at maths - their first month was March (named after the god Mars )