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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Schlegel, August Wilhelm von
• Nelaton, Auguste
• Lapparent, Auguste de
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Webster Dictionary
• Augustness
• August
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Adam Karl August von Eschenmayer
• Albert Auguste Cochon de Lapparent
• Albert Auguste Gabriel Hanotaux
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Affre, Denis Auguste
• Ansart, Louis Joseph Auguste
• Appuhn, August Wilhelm
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Al`ten, Karl August
• August
• Barth�lemy, Auguste-Marseille
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Albert Auguste de Lapparent
• August Allerstein
• August Friedrich Gfrörer
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The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Abrahamson, August
• Axenfeld, Auguste
• Beer, August
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(originally Sextilis), the sixth month in the preJulian Roman year, which received its present name from the emperor Augustus. The preceding month, Quintilis, had been called "July" after Julius Caesar, and the emperor chose August to be rechristened in his own honour because his greatest good fortune had then happened. In that month he had been admitted to the consulate, had thrice celebrated a triumph, had received the allegiance of the soldiers stationed on the Janiculum, had concluded the civil wars, and had subdued Egypt. As July contained thirty-one days, and August only thirty, it was thought necessary to add another day to the latter month, in order that the month of Augustus might not be in any respect inferior to that of Julius.