![The illustration for August from <i>Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry,</i> manuscript &elipsis; [Credit: Giraudon/Art Resource, New York]](http://images.bookrags.com/images/eb/2209.gif)
The illustration for August from Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, manuscript &elipsis; [Credit: Giraudon/Art Resource, New York]Eighth
month of the Gregorian calendar.
It was named for the first Roman emperor, Augustus Caesar, in 8 &BCE;. Its original name was Sextilus, Latin for “sixth month,” indicating its position in the early Roman calendar.
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