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十二月份的由来：三月 Mars 三月 Which god gets a planet and a month named after him? You’ve guessed it: Mars. Why him? As the Oxford English Dictionary notes, ‘In ancient Rome several festivals of Mars took place in March, presumably in preparation for the campaigning season, since Mars was a god of war. 这个月份的月名又是由哪位神灵的名字演变而来的？你们可能猜到了:战神玛尔斯(Mars)。据《牛津英语词典》记载，在古罗马，3月是每年出征远战的季节，为了纪念战神，人们便把他的名字作为3月的月名。