Dedicated to Mars — not just war-god but patron of agriculture, marking when plowing and campaigns began.
The third month of the year in the Gregorian and Julian calendars, consisting of 31 days.
From Latin 'Mārtius' (mēnsis), the month sacred to Mars, the Roman god of war and agriculture. March was the first month of the earliest Roman calendar attributed to Romulus, reflecting the dual importance of Mars as both war-god and agricultural guardian — spring was when military campaigns resumed and fields were plowed. Mars was also regarded as the father of Romulus and Remus, making
March was the first month of the Roman year for over six centuries, and its echoes persist: September through December are still named as the 7th through 10th months, exactly where they fell when March was month one. The entire numbering system of our calendar's final four months is a fossil of March's former primacy.