Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Fasti

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

FASTI. Year books or almanacks engraved on stone or bronze, and exposed in some public parts of the city for general inspection and information. They were of two kinds: —

1. Fasti sacri, or kalendares; which were very similar to our almanacks, containing a list of the days and months in the year; the rising and setting of the fixed stars; the market days; holydays; the days on which the courts of law sat; those which were regarded as ill-omened and unlucky; together with a chronological table, enumerating important events in the history of the state, such as the anniversary of a great battle, the dedication of a temple, &c. &c., as is collected from a variety of original fragments still preserved.

2. Fasti annales, or historici. Registers containing the names of consuls and other magistrates, with the dates of their entrance upon, and retirement from office, inscribed upon slabs of marble or bronze, and preserved in the public archives. A long list of the Fasti consulares, supposed to have been engraved during the reign of Tiberius, is still displayed in the Capitol at Rome.