August
is the 8th month of the year and one of the 7 months with 31 days. It is equivalent to the month of february in the northern hemisphere. In common years no month starts the same day as August. This month's original name is sextilis in Latin, it became the 8th month in 753 BC. Because of the addition of 2 months January and February by King Numa Pompilius,It is named after Agustus. According to a senatus he choose this month because it was the time of his great triumphs, and one of it is the conquest in Egypt.
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