FASTI
\fˈasti], \fˈasti], \f_ˈa_s_t_i]\
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Among the Romans, registers of various kinds; as, fasti sacri or kalendares, calendars of the year, giving the days for festivals, courts, etc., corresponding to the modern almanac; fasti annales or historici, containing the names of the consuls and other magistrates, and an enumeration of the most remarkable historical events noted down opposite the days on which they occur.
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Platidiam
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