See also:

• FESTUS (? RuFUS or RUFIUS)
• FESTUS, SEXTUS POMPEIUS

FESTUS (? See also:

• RUFUS, GAIUS VALGIUS
• RUFUS, LUCIUS VARIUS (c 74—14 B.c.)

RuFUS or RUFIUS)  , one of the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman writers of breviaria (epitomes of Roman See also:

• HISTORY

history) . The reference to the defeat of the Goths at Noviodunum (A.D . 369) by the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• VALENS

Valens, and the fact that the author is unaware of the constitution of See also:

• VALENTIA, SIR FRANCIS ANNESLEY, VISCOUNT (1585-166o)

Valentia as a See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province (which took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in the same See also:

• YEAR

year) are sufficient indication to See also:

• FIX, THEODORE (180o-1846)

fix the date of See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition . See also:

• MOMMSEN, THEODOR (1817–1903)

Mommsen identifies the author with Rufius See also:

• FESTUS (? RuFUS or RUFIUS)
• FESTUS, SEXTUS POMPEIUS

Festus, proconsul of See also:

• ACHAEA

Achaea (366), and both with Rufius Festus See also:

• AVIENUS, RUFIUS FESTUS

Avienus (q.v.), the translator of See also:

• ARATUS

Aratus . But the See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence of the name Rufius in the best See also:

• MSS

MSS. is against this . Others take him to be Festus of Tridentum, magister memoriae (secretary) to Valens and proconsul of See also:

• ASIA

Asia, where he was sent to punish those implicated in the See also:

• CONSPIRACY (from Lat. conspirare, literally to breathe together, to agree, combine, and especially to form a secret plot)

conspiracy of See also:

• THEODORUS, FLAVIUS MALLIUS

Theodorus, a See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission which he executed with such merciless severity that his name became a byword . The See also:

• WORK

work itself (Breviarium rerum gestarum populi Romani) is divided into two parts—one See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

geographical, the other See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief authorities used are See also:

• LIVY [Thus L1v1us] (59 B.C.—A.D: 17)

Livy, See also:

• EUTROPIUS

Eutropius and See also:

• FLORUS
• FLORUS, JULIUS
• FLORUS, PUBLIUS ANNIUS

Florus . It is extremely meagre, but the fact that the last See also:

• PART

part is based on the writer's See also:

• PERSONAL

personal recollections makes it of some value for the history of the 4th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . See also:

• EDITIONS

Editions by W . See also:

• FORSTER, FRANCOIS (179o-,872)
• FORSTER, FRIEDRICH CHRISTOPH (1791-1868)
• FORSTER, JOHANN GEORG ADAM (1754-1794)
• FORSTER, JOHN (1812-1876)
• FORSTER, JOHN COOPER (1823-1886)
• FORSTER, WILLIAM EDWARD (1818-1886)

Forster (See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna, 1873) and C . Wagener (See also:

• PRAGUE (Ger. Prag; Bohemian Praha)

Prague, 1886) ; see also R .

See also:

• JACOBI, FRIEDRICH HEINRICH (1743-1819)
• JACOBI, JOHANN GEORG (1740-1814)
• JACOBI, KARL GUSTAV JACOB (1804-1851)

Jacobi, De Festi breviarii fontibus (See also:

• BONN

Bonn, 1894), and H . See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter, See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die geschichtliche Lilt. fiber die romische Kaiserzeit ii . p . 133 (1897), where the epitomes of Festus, Aurelius See also:

• VICTOR
• VICTOR, GAIUS JULIUS (4th cent. A.D.)
• VICTOR, SEXTUS AURELIUS

Victor and Eutropius are compared .