The temple of Janus itself remained closed, but otherwise undamaged for many years after the end of open pagan worship. Then an odd thing happened. In AD 535, by which time Rome and Italy had long ...

Janus Geminus is the god of doorways, beginnings and entrances and, as a result, we are less interested in the temple itself, but moreso the doorway, the entrance or rather: the gates. The gates of ...

The association between Janus and the calendar was cemented by the construction of 12 altars, one for each month of the year, in Janus’s temple in the Forum Holitorium (the vegetable market).

The doors of that social temple of Janus, the Academy of Music, are once more open; the truce of the Summer is over, and the war of the "world" is once more begun.

The end of December and the coming of January mark a liminal time. In other words, a time of transition and change, of beginnings and endings. January is named after the Roman god Janus ...