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Sextus Pompeius Festus

150 - 350

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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 (Narbonne) in Gaul. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sextus Pompeius Festus has received more than 126,980 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Sextus Pompeius Festus is the 2,488th most popular writer (down from 2,467th in 2019), the 2,741st most popular biography from France (down from 2,686th in 2019) and the 347th most popular French Writer.

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  • 18

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Notable Works

Le dignità de'consoli, e de gl'imperadori, e i fatti de'Romani, e dell'accrescimento dell'im[perio]
De verborum significatione quae supersunt
Dictionaries. [from old catalog], Latin language
Codex Festi Farnesianus
Facsimiles, Glossaries, vocabularies, Latin Manuscripts
De verborum significatione
Facsimiles, Incunabula, Early printed books
De verborum significatu quae supersunt cum Pauli epitome
Dictionaries, Latin language
De verborum significatione quae supersunt cum Pauli epitome
Dictionaries, Latin language
De verborum significatu quae supersunt cum Pauli epitome
Dictionaries, Latin language
Sexti Pompei Festi de Verborum Significatione Quae Supersunt, Cum Pauli Epitome...
De Verborum Significatu Quae Supersunt Cum Pauli Epitome. Thewrewkianis Copiis Usus
Latin language, dictionaries
De la Signification des Mots...
De la Signification des Mots; Volume 1
Sexti Pompei Festi De verborum significatu quae supersunt cum Pauli epitome
Dictionaries, Latin language

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sextus Pompeius Festus ranks 2,488 out of 7,302Before him are Ulrich von Liechtenstein, Timotheus of Miletus, Wilhelm Raabe, Richard Adams, Peter Shaffer, and Isak Samokovlija. After him are Ursula Kuczynski, Yuan Mei, Valery Larbaud, Karin Fossum, Stefan Heym, and Walter of Châtillon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 150, Sextus Pompeius Festus ranks 17Before him are Terentianus, Gaius Fulvius Plautianus, Aquilia Severa, Hermas, Gogukcheon of Goguryeo, and Aristides Quintilianus. After him are Quintus Lollius Urbicus, Dionysius of Corinth, Mariniana, Caecilia Paulina, Flavia Titiana, and Alypius of Byzantium. Among people deceased in 350, Sextus Pompeius Festus ranks 4Before him are Pappus of Alexandria, Constans, and Nepotianus. After him are Paul I of Constantinople, Nonius Marcellus, Hypatius of Gangra, and Eutropia.

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In France

Among people born in France, Sextus Pompeius Festus ranks 2,741 out of 6,770Before him are Soliman Pasha al-Faransawi (1788), Pierre Alphonse Laurent (1813), Claude-Michel Schönberg (1944), Frédéric François-Marsal (1874), Paul-Jacques-Aimé Baudry (1828), and Bernard Stiegler (1952). After him are Paul Émile Chabas (1869), Fernando Ocáriz Braña (1944), Charles Devendeville (1882), Valery Larbaud (1881), Adémar de Chabannes (989), and Marcel Camus (1912).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Sextus Pompeius Festus ranks 347Before him are Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse (1732), Louise Colet (1810), Claude Farrère (1876), Jean-Baptiste Dubos (1670), Léon Werth (1878), and Ludovic Halévy (1834). After him are Valery Larbaud (1881), Walter of Châtillon (1135), Gustave Aimard (1818), René Crevel (1900), Bernard Werber (1961), and André Pieyre de Mandiargues (1909).