Sextilis
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Sextilis or mensis Sextilis was the Latin name for what was originally the sixth month in the Roman calendar, when March was the first of ten months in the year. After the calendar reform that produce
August panel from a Roman mosaic of the months (from El Djem, Tunisia, first half of 3rd century AD)
Roof tile with a Latin inscription reading XVI KALENDAS SEPTEMBRES ISAURICUS: XVI Kal. Sept. is 17 August on the Julian calendar
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The Roman calendar was used by the Roman Kingdom and Roman Republic. Although the term is primarily used for Rome's pre-Julian calendars, it is often used inclusively of the Julian calendar establishe
Sextilis
…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' month") was the first of ten months in the year. After the calendar reform that produced a twelve-month year, Sextilis…
A reproduction of the Fasti Antiates Maiores, a painted wall-calendar from the late Roman Republic
The remains of the Fasti Praenestini, containing the months of January, March, April, and December and a portion of February.
July through December sides of the twelve month Menologium Rusticum Colotianum
A fragment of the Fasti Praenestini for the month of April (Aprilis), showing its nundinal letters on the left side