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'...
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Semalea sextilis. Wikispecies has information related to Semalea sextilis. Semalea at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and...
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the last day of Quintilis was the pridie Kalendas Sextilis, "day before the Kalends of Sextilis" (August). Roman counting was inclusive; July 5 was...
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regular Julian year of 365 days. Two extra days were added to January, Sextilis (August) and December, and one extra day was added to April, June, September...
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"full months" (pleni menses) and six months of "30" days—April, June, Sextilis, September, November, and December—called "hollow months" (cavi menses)...
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also the harvest festival held that month. The month was originally named Sextilis in Latin because it was the 6th month in the original ten-month Roman calendar...
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calendar. Quintilis, later renamed to Julius in honour of Julius Caesar. Sextilis, later renamed to Augustus in honour of Augustus. The Romans divided their...
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(Martius, Aprilis, Maius, Junius) and the others were numbered (Quintilis, Sextilis, September, October, November, and December). Numa Pompilius, the second...
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Varro defined autumn as lasting from the third day before the Ides of Sextilis (August 11) to the fifth day before the Ides of November (November 9)....
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the ancient Roman calendar, Sextilis was the sixth month. After the Julian reform, June became the sixth month and Sextilis was renamed August Sextidi...
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