# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/festus
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:05:28.180Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/festus"
name: "Festus"
slug: "festus"
description: "Festus 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, written around AD 370 and commissioned by the Eastern emperor Valens in preparation for his war against Persia. The Breviarium covers the entire history of the Roman state from the foundation of the city. The book consists of 30 chapters treating Roman events in a terse overview, mainly focused on military and political conflicts. It is estimated to be a work of very low quality."
tagline: "4th-century Roman historian"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Festus_Historian.JPG/330px-Festus_Historian.JPG"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
deathDate: "380"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.12
  momentum:             2.975206611570248
  historical:           19.48743866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festus_(s%E1%BB%AD_gia)"
    title: "Festus (sử gia)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3_(%D9%85%D8%A4%D8%B1%D8%AE)"
    title: "فيستوس (مؤرخ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3_(%D9%85%D8%A4%D8%B1%D8%AE_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%87)"
    title: "فيستوس (مؤرخ من روما القديمه)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufius_Festus"
    title: "Rufius Festus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%A4%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82"
    title: "Руфий Фест"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fest_(historiador)"
    title: "Fest (historiador)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufius_Festus"
    title: "Rufius Festus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufus_Festus"
    title: "Rufus Festus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A6%CE%AE%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82_(%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82)"
    title: "Φήστος (ιστορικός)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festus_(historian)"
    title: "Festus (historian)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufo_Festo"
    title: "Rufo Festo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AE)"
    title: "فستوس (مورخ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufius_Festus"
    title: "Rufius Festus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%95%D7%A1_(%D7%94%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F)"
    title: "פסטוס (היסטוריון)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sextus_Rufus"
    title: "Sextus Rufus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%96%D5%A5%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BD_%D5%8C%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%83%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BD"
    title: "Ֆեստուս Ռուփուս"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festus_(sejarawan)"
    title: "Festus (sejarawan)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufio_Festo"
    title: "Rufio Festo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festus_(rerum_gestarum_scriptor)"
    title: "Festus (rerum gestarum scriptor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festus_(historicus)"
    title: "Festus (historicus)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festus_(historyk)"
    title: "Festus (historyk)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festo_(historiador)"
    title: "Festo (historiador)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82_(%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA)"
    title: "Фест (историк)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufius_Festus"
    title: "Rufius Festus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q666127"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump