In Latin, septem means "seven" and septimus means "seventh"; September was in fact the seventh month of the Roman calendar until 153 BC, when the first month changed from Kalendas Martius (1 March) to Kalendas Januarius (1 January).

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Titera's Tidbit: Soldier
In ancient Rome, a soldus was a coin, which is to say, something solid (solidus) and valuable. The word remains in the modern Italian word for money, soldi. Someone who fought in exchange for that coin was called a solidarius, the origin of our word.

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