In the standard modern Gregorian calendar, August is the 8th month of the year. However, in the ancient Roman calendar established by Romulus, it was originally the sixth month (hence its historical Latin name Sextilis, meaning sixth). Following calendar reforms under Julius Caesar and the later renaming of the month by the Roman Senate to honor Emperor Augustus, its numerical position in the sequence shifted to eighth, featuring 31 days to match the length of July.
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