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August
is the 8th
month
of the
year
in the
Gregorian Calendar
and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31
days
.
This month was originally named
Sextilis
in
Latin
, because it was the sixth month in the ancient
Roman calendar
, which started in March about 735 BC under
Romulus
. It became the eighth month either when January and February were added to the beginning of the year by King
Numa Pompilius
about 700 BC or when those two months were moved from the end to the beginning of the year by the
decemvirs
about 450 BC (Roman writers disagree). It was renamed in honor of
Augustus
in 8 BC because several of the most significant events in his rise to power, culminating in the fall of Alexandria, which fell in this month. Lore claims August originally had 29 days in the
Roman Republican
calendar. Augustus took two days from February and gave it to August when Sextilis was renamed in his honor. See
Month lengths
how this commonly believed lore was proven wrong.
August's
flower
is the
gladiolus
or
poppy
, and its
birthstone
is the
peridot
.