January is named for the Roman God Janus, who has two faces: one facing back, one forward. Janus presents the Roman preoccupation with the nature of time itself, its ambivalence. January is named ...

it is disproven by the existence and omnipresence of a uniquely Roman god called Janus. Usually seen as just the god of doors, Janus’s role in Roman religion went beyond a simple case of Greek ...