My contribution to the monthly challenge on /r/stevebucky/.
March Theme: Mars The month of March is named for Mars, the Roman god of war. Despite his reputation as a warmonger in the modern world, Mars was not seen by the Romans as a destructive force like his Greek counterpart, Ares. He was originally a fertility god and agricultural guardian, who came to be associated with masculine virility and protection and viewed as the father of the Roman people. From there, he gained his association with war as a way of securing safety and peace for Rome. One of his later names was Mars Ultor - “Mars the Avenger”. March was named for Mars because it coincided with the arrival of spring: to the Romans, the warm weather meant both a time for making war and a time of fertility, renewal, and new growth.
