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August panel from a Roman mosaic of the months (from El Djem, Tunisia, first half of 3rd century AD) Sextilis (lit. ' sixth ') or mensis Sextilis was the Latin name for what was originally the sixth month in the Roman calendar, when March (Martius, "Mars' month") was the first of ten months in the year. After the calendar reform that produced a ...
The month was originally named Sextilis in Latin because it was the 6th month in the original ten-month Roman calendar under Romulus in 753 BC, with March being the first month of the year. About 700 BC, it became the eighth month when January and February were added to the year before March by King Numa Pompilius, who also gave it 29 days.
His images were clearly controlled by the state, and consistently show a serene figure, who never shows signs of approaching old age, even in images dated to the last years before his death aged 75. His dominant portrait, introduced in 27 BC to visually express the title Augustus , is that of the serene, ageless First Citizen , the most famous ...
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August is the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar. This category is for individual days in August, the month of August in recent years, and things that ...
The year begins roughly in the month of August when the seeds are planted in anticipation of the next month's explosion of life. [1] Phato (Pht.) (August) – from the verb -fata (dig) as the barren fields are ploughed and prepared in anticipation of the next months explosion of life.
August 8 is the 220th day of the year (221st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 145 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 685 BC ...
The index increased 2.6% for the 12 months ending in June, the largest year-over-year gain since March 2023, which likely influenced an already cautious Fed to skip cutting the rate in July.