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Festus

390 - 380

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Festus (died 3 January 380) was a Late Roman historian. His name appears in some manuscripts as Rufius Festus, Rufus Festus, Sextus Rufus or Sextus Festus, but they appear to be corruptions. He is mainly known as the author of an epitome titled Breviarium rerum gestarum populi Romani ("Summary of the accomplishments of the Romans"), written around AD 370 and commissioned by the Eastern emperor Valens in preparation for his war against Persia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Festus has received more than 167,782 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Festus is the 250th most popular historian (down from 178th in 2019), the 2,765th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,288th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Italian Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Festus ranks 250 out of 561. Before him are Gerardus Vossius, Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti, Vakhushti of Kartli, Yahya of Antioch, Quentin Skinner, and Fritz Fischer. After him are İlber Ortaylı, Mahmoud Mohammed Taha, Arno Peters, Lyudmila Alexeyeva, Ibn Hayyan, and Charles Rollin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 390, Festus ranks 7. Before him are Flavius Aetius, Pope Leo I, Pope Sixtus III, Bleda, Prosper of Aquitaine, and Faustus of Byzantium. After him is Jeonji of Baekje. Among people deceased in 380, Festus ranks 4. Before him are Samudragupta, Aelius Donatus, and Fritigern. After him are Evagrius of Constantinople, and Pope Peter II of Alexandria.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Festus ranks 2,765 out of 5,161. Before him are Serena Grandi (1958), Maurizio Malvestiti (1953), Luigi Delneri (1950), Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta (1841), Filippo Turati (1857), and Gnaeus Manlius Vulso (-300). After him are Aldo Olivieri (1910), Luigi Carnera (1875), Proculus (300), Guariento di Arpo (1310), Salimbene di Adam (1221), and Francesco Venier (1489).

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Among HISTORIANS In Italy

Among historians born in Italy, Festus ranks 18. Before him are Tyrannius Rufinus (345), Andrea Alciato (1492), Peter Martyr d'Anghiera (1457), Martino Martini (1614), Philistus (-430), and Antiochus of Syracuse (-450). After him are Annius of Viterbo (1437), Marino Sanuto the Younger (1466), Filippo Baldinucci (1625), Quintus Claudius Quadrigarius (-200), Girolamo Mei (1519), and Michele Amari (1806).

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