March is the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is one of seven months that are 31 days long. In the Northern Hemisphere, the meteorological beginning of spring occurs on the first day of March. The March equinox on the 20th or 21st marks the astronomical beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and the beginning of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, where September is the seasonal equivalent of the Northern Hemisphere for March.
March symbols: The birthstones of March are aquamarine and bloodstone. These stones symbolize courage. Its birth flower is the daffodil. The zodiac signs for the month of March are Pisces (until March 20) and Aries (March 21 onwards).
Historical Events for March, 537
Day of Week 2nd » Siege of Rome (537–538) Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoths Ostrogoth army under king Vitiges began the siege of the capital. Belisarius conducts a delaying action outside the Piazza del Popolo Flaminian Gate; he and a detachment of his 'Bucellarius bucellarii'
Day of Week 21st » Siege of Rome (537–538) Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern Aurelian Walls city walls, but is repulsed at the Porta Maggiore Praenestine Gate, known as the 'Vivarium (Rome) Vivarium', by the defenders under the B