August
was originally named Sextilis because it was the sixth month of a ten month Roman
calendar back in the day. It was renamed in 8BC to honour Augustus who was the
first Roman Emperor. Emperor Augustus renamed Sextilis to August because this was
the month he conquered Egypt. It is also rumoured that he stole days from
February to make August longer, from 29 days to 31 days. This is not true
however, Julius Caesar gave it extra days when he developed the Georgian calendar
in 45BC.
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