The name for our month August comes from the Latin mensis Augustus, the month named to honor Augustus Caesar. Previously the month was named Sextilis because it was the sixth month in the original Roman calendar (year of Romulus). It was a ten-month calendar based on agriculture, and until 153 BC, March was the first month of the year.
First of August
Higgledy-Piggledy Mensis Sextilis was
Month number six in a
Year having ten;
Now it's named August for
GaiusOctavian;
Leave it to him to make
Changes therein.