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Sextus Pompeius Festus
2nd century AD Roman grammarian
Sextus Pompeius Festus, usually known simply as Festus, was a Romangrammarian who probably flourished in the later 2nd century AD, perhaps at Narbo (Narbonne) in Gaul.
Work
[edit]He made a 20-volume epitome of Verrius Flaccus's voluminous and encyclopedic treatise De verborum significatione. Flaccus had been a celebrated grammarian who flourished in the reign of Augustus. Festus gives the etymology as well as the meaning of many words, and his work throws considerable light on the language, mythology and antiquities of ancient Rome. He made a few alterations, and inserted some critical remarks of his own. He also omitted such ancient Latin words as had long been obsolete; these he apparently discussed in a separate work now lost, entitled Priscorum verborum cum exemplis. Even incomplete, Festus' lexicon reflects at second hand the enormous intellectual effort that had been made in the Augustan Age to put together information on the traditions of the Roman world, which was already in a state of flux and change.
Of Flaccus' work only a few fragments remain; of Festus' epitome, only one damaged, fragmentary manuscript. The remainder, further abridged, survives in a summary made at the close of the 8th c
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Numismatica Ars Classica - Auction 150, Lot 763
Sextus Pompeius. Aureus, Sicily 37-36, AV 20 mm, 8.11 g. MAG·PIVS· – IMP·ITER. Bearded and bare head of Sextus Pompeius r.; all within oak-wreath. Rev. PRAEF Heads of Cn. Pomepius Magnus, on l., and Cn. Pompeius Junior, on r., facing each other; at sides, lituus and tripod. Below, CLAS·ET·ORAE / MARIT·EX·S·C. C 1. Bahrfeldt 87. Babelon Pompeia 24. Sear Imperators 332. Woytek Arma et Nummi p. 559. Calicó 71a. Crawford 511/1. Very rare and among the finest specimens known. An excepti...Classical Numismatic Group - Triton XXVIII, Lot 578
The Pompeians. Sextus Pompey. 42-38 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.94 g, 1h). Massilia (Marseilles) mint; Q. Nasidius, commander of the fleet. Bare head of Pompey the Great right; trident to right; below, dolphin right; NETVNI to left / Galley with bank of rowers right, under full sail, helmsman steering rudder, hortator standing on prow; star to upper left; Q • NASIDIVS below. Crawford 483/2; CRI 235; Sydenham 1350; RSC 20 (Pompey the Great); BMCRR Sicily 21; Kestner 3697-8; RBW 1698. Toned, with l...Classical Numismatic Group - Triton XXVIII, Lot 611
The Pompeians. Sextus Pompey. 42-38 BC. Æ As (31mm, 22.96 g, 12h). Uncert