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Sextus Pompeius Festus, usually known simply as Festus, was a Roman grammarian who probably flourished in the later 2nd century AD, perhaps at Narbo in Gaul. Work [ edit ]
De verborum significatione libri XX [a] ('Twenty Books on the Meaning of Words'), also known as the Lexicon of Festus, [3] is an epitome compiled, edited, and annotated by Sextus Pompeius Festus from the encyclopedic works of Verrius Flaccus.
Festus inherited the problems of his predecessor in regard to the Roman practice of creating civic privileges for Jews. [4] Another issue that bedeviled his administration was the controversy between Herod Agrippa II and the priests in Jerusalem regarding the wall erected at the temple to break the view of the new wing of Agrippa's palace.
Ken Curtis as Festus Haggen and James Arness as Matt Dillon, 1968. Curtis was a singer before moving into acting, and combined both careers once he entered films. [6] Curtis was with the Tommy Dorsey band in 1941, and succeeded Frank Sinatra as vocalist until Dick Haymes contractually replaced Sinatra in 1942.
Festus (died 3 January 380) was a Late Roman historian. [1] His name appears in some manuscripts as Rufius Festus , Rufus Festus , Sextus Rufus or Sextus Festus , but they appear to be corruptions. [ 2 ]
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Gaius Calpetanus Rantius Quirinalis Valerius Festus was a Roman senator, general, and amicus to each of the Flavian emperors. He proved his value to the Flavians when, as legatus legionis , or commander, of Legio III Augusta stationed in Africa , he assassinated the proconsul, who favored a rival of Vespasian during the Year of Four Emperors .
Rufius Postumius Festus (fl. 472–507) was a Roman aristocrat who lived during the Late Roman Empire. Festus was the last consul appointed by an Emperor in the West. The next consul appointed in the West was Caecina Decius Maximus Basilius , whom king Odoacer appointed in 480, eight years after Festus.