Sextilis

After the calendar reform that produced a twelve-month year, Sextilis became the eighth month, but retained its name.

A peacock fan overhangs a nude male who drinks from a large bowl, with his cast-off garment in the top right corner.

The amphora beside him is sealed with a flower and in one extant copy is inscribed ZLS, probably a mistaken transcription for the Greek exhortation zeses, "to your health".

On the calendar of the Roman Republic and early Principate, each day was marked with a letter to denote its religiously lawful status.

During the Imperial period, some of the traditional festivals localized at Rome became less important, and the birthdays and anniversaries of the emperor and his family gained prominence as Roman holidays.

On the calendar of military religious observances known as the Feriale Duranum, sacrifices pertaining to Imperial cult outnumber the older festivals.