August 31
August: History Lesson.
The month was originally named Sextilis in Latin because it was the 6th month in the original ten-month Roman calendar under Romulus in 753 BC, with March being the first month of the year. About 700 BC, it became the eighth month when January and February were added to the year before March by King Numa Pompilius, who also gave it 29 days. Julius Caesar added two days when he created the Julian calendar in 46 BC (AUC 708), giving it its modern length of 31 days.
In 8 BC, the month was renamed in honor of Emperor Augustus. According to a Senatus consultum quoted by Macrobius,(a reporter) he chose this month because it was the time of several of his great triumphs, including the conquest of Egypt. Commonly repeated lore has it that August has 31 days because Augustus wanted his month to match the length of Julius Caesar's July, but this is an invention of the 13th century scholar Johannes de Sacrobosco. Sextilis had 31 days before it was renamed. It was not chosen for its length. August
List of Roman Emperor’s around the time of Augustus-
Dictator- “Roman chief magistrate with absolute authority.” To Dictate means to say often, frequentive, “to say, speak. ”
There can be much to talk about and learn about Roman rulers. The reading is tedious and not necessary for one simple concept: That which dictates- via classrooms and media- controls the conversation- becomes dictation. A dictator of story telling, simply by controlling the narrative.
And that is how we got August. Change the story. Change the calendar and holidays to command or redirect one story from another. So, what is the other story?
