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Festus, Sextus Pompeius
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AbstractSextus Pompeius Festus was a Roman author who abridged an encyclopedia,De verborum significatione (On the meaning of words), originally written by the Augustan antiquarian Marcus Verrius Flaccus.
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AbstractSextus Pompeius Festus was a Roman author who abridged an encyclopedia,De verborum significatione (On the meaning of words), originally written by the Augustan antiquarian Marcus Verrius Flaccus.
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