FASTI

In Ancient History, the records of the Roman state, in which all public matters, military and civil, were registered by the high priest, according to the days on which they took place. The Fasti of Ovid is a poem giving an account of the Roman year, and the ceremonies attached to the different days, with their historical or mythological origin. The first six books, containing the first six months of the year, beginning with January, have come down to us; the rest are lost. [s. 458]