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July and August are named after Julius Caesar and the emperor Augustus.
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The month Quintilis was renamed Julius for Caesar, who reformed the calendar, and Sextilis became Augustus in the first emperor's honor. (The myth that Augustus stole a day from February to pad his month is a later, unfounded tale.)
Source: Censorinus, 'De Die Natali,' 22; Macrobius, 'Saturnalia,' 1.12.
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