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Lempriere's Classical Dictionary From time to time I intend to add pages from this standard, if dated, work of reference. Falerii to Fidius Dius A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Falerii (or ium), now Palari, a town of Etruria, of which the inhabitants are called Falisci. The Romans borrowed some of their laws from Falerii. Tne place was famous for its pastures, and for a peculiar sort of sausage. Vid. Falisci. Martial. 4, #. 46.—Liv. 10, c. 12 & 16.— Ovid. Fast i. v. 84. font. 4, el. 8, v. 41.—Cato R. R. 4 Si 14.—Servius In Virg. JEn. 7, v. 695.—Plin. 3, c. 5. Falerina, a tribe at Rome. Liv. 9, c. 23. Falernus, a fertile mountain and plain of Campania, famous for its wine, which the Roman poets have greatly celebrated. Liv. aa, c. 14.—Martial. la, ep. 57. -Virg. G. a, v. 96.- Horat. t, od. ao, v. 10; a, sat. 4, v. i*.—Strab. $.-- Flor. i, c. 15. Falisci, a people of Etruria, originally a Macedonian colony. When they were besieged by Camillus, a schoolmaster went out of the gates of the city with his pupils, and betrayed them into the hands of the Roman enemy, that by such a possession he might easily oblige the place to surrender. Camillus heard the proposal with indignation, and ordered the man to be stripped naked and whipped back to the town by those whom his perfidy wished to betray. This instance of generosity operated upon the people so powerfully that they surrendered to the Romans. Plut. in Camil. Faliscus Gratius. Vid. Gratius. Fama Fama), was worshipped by the ancients as a powerful goddess, and generally represented blowing a trumpet, &c. Stat. 3, Theb. 427. Fannia, a woman of Minturnae, who hospitably entertained Marius in his flight, though he had formerly sat in judgment upon her, and divorced her from her husband. Fannia lex, de sumptibus, by Fannius the consul, A.U.C. 593. It enacted that no person should spend more than 100 asses a day at the great festivals, and 30 asses on other days, and 10 at all other times. Fannii, two orators of whom Cicero speaks in Brut. Fannius, an inferior poet ridiculed by Horace, because his poems and picture were consecrated in the library of Apollo, on mount Palatine at Rome, as it was then usual for such as possessed merit. Horat. i, sat. 4, v. 21. ——A person who killed himself when apprehended in a conspiracy against Augustus. Mart. i2, ep. 8p. ——Caius, an author in Trajan's reign, whose history of the cruelties of Nero is greatly regretted. Fanum Vacunae, a village in the country of the Sabines. Horat. i, ep. 10, v. 49. Farfarus, a river of the Sabines, falling into the Tiber above Capena. Ovid. Met. 14, v. 330. FasceliS, a surname of Diana, because her statue was brought from Taurica by Iphigenia in a bundle of sticks (fastis'), and placed at Aricia. Fascellina, a town of Sicily near Panormus. Sil. 14, v. 261. Faustula, a prostitute who privately conveyed food to the Roman prisoners at Capua. Liv. 26, c. 33. Faventia, a town of Spain. Plin. 3, c. i. —— Of Italy. Ital. 8. v. 597.—Plin. 14, c. 15.—Martial. 2, ep. 74. Faveria, a town of Istria. Liv. 41, c. u. Faula, a mistress of Hercules. Fauna, a deity among the Romans, daughter of Picus, and originally called Martea. Her marriage with Faunus procured her the name of Fauna, and her knowledge of futurity that of Fatna and Fatidica. It is said that she never saw a man after her marriage with Faunus, and that her uncommon chastity occasioned her being ranked among the gods after death. She is the same,, according to some, as Bona Mater. Some mythologists accuse her of drunkenness, and say that she expired under the blows of her husband, for an immoderate use of wine. Virg. Aen. 7, v. 47, &c.— Varro.—Jus-tin. 43, c. i. Faunalia, festivals at Rome in honour of Faunus. Fauni, certain deities of the country, represented as having the legs, feet and ears of goats, and the rest of the body human. They were called satyrs by the Greeks. The peasants offered them a lamb or a kid with great solemnity. Virg. G. i, v. 10.—Ovid. Met. 6, v. 392. Faunus, a son of Picus, who is said to have reigned in Italy about 1300 years B.C. His bravery as well as wisdom have given rise to the tradition that he was son of Mars. He raised a temple in honour of the god Pan, called by the Latins Lupercus, at the foot of the Palatine hill, and he exercised hospitality towards strangers with a liberal hand. His great popularity and his fondness for agriculture made his subjects revere him as one of their country deities after death. He was represented with all the.equipage of the satyrs, and was consulted to give oracles. Dionys. i, c. 7.— Virg. Aen. 7, v. 47. 1. 8, v. 314. 1. 10, v. 55.—Horat. i, od, 17. Favo, a Roman mimic, who at the funeral of Vespasian imitated the manners and gestures of the deceased emperor. Suet, in Vesp. 19. Favorinus, a philosopher and eunuch under Adrian, &c. Fausta, a daughter of Sylla, &c. Horat. i, sat. 2, v. 64. ——The wife of the emperor Constantine, disgraced for her cruelties and vices. Faustina, the wife of the emperor Antoninus, famous for her debaucheries. Her daughter of the same name, blessed with beauty, loveliness, and wit, became the most abandoned of her sex. She married M. Aurelius. ——The third wife of the emperor Heliogabalus bore that name. Faustitas, a goddess among the Romans supposed to preside over cattle. Horat. 4, od. 5, v. 17. Faustulus, a shepherd ordered to expose Romulus and Remus. He privately brought them up at home. Liv. i, c. \.-Justin. 43, c. -2.—Plut. in Rom. Faustus, an obscure poet under the first Roman emperors, two of whose dramatic pieces, Thebae and Tereus, Juvenal mentions, 7, v. 12. Februus, a god at Rome, who presided over purifications. ——The Feralia sacrifices which the Romans offered to the gods manes, were also called Februa, whence the name of the month of February, during which the oblations were made. Feciales, a number of priests at Rome, employed in declaring war and making peace. When the Romans thought themselves injured, one of this sacerdotal body was empowered to demand redress, and after the allowance of 33 days to consider the matter, war was declared if submissions were not made, and the Fecialis hurled a bloody spear into the territories of the enemy in proof of intended hostilities. Liv. i, c. 3. 1. 4, c. 30. Felginas, a Roman knight killed by Pompey at Dyrracchium. Caes; 3, Bell. Civ. Felix M. Antonius, a freedman of Claudius Caesar, made governor of Judaea, Samaria, and Palestine. He is called by Suetonius the husband of three queens, as he married the two Drusillae, one granddaughter of Antony and Cleopatra, and the other a Jewish princess, sister of Agrippa. The name of his third wife is unknown. Suet, in Cl. 18. Tacit. Ann. 12, c. 14. Feltria, a town of Italy at the north of Venice. Fenestella, a Roman historian in the age ofAugustus. He died at Cumae. ——One of the gates at Rome. Ovid. Fast. 6, v. 578. Fenni, or Finni, the inhabitants of Finningia, Or Eningia, now considered as Finland. Tacit. G. 46.—Plin. 4, c. 13. Feralia, a festival in honour of the dead, observed at Rome the 17th or 21st of February. It continued for 11 days, during which time presents were carried to the graves of the deceased, marriages were forbidden, and the temples of the gods were shut. It was universally believed that the manes of their departed friends came and hovered over their graves, and feasted upon the provisions that the hand of piety and affection had procured for them. Their punishments in the infernal regions were also suspended, and during that time they enjoyed rest and liberty. Ferentinum, a town of the Hernici at the east of Rome. The inhabitants were called Ferentinates, or Ferentini. Sil. 8, v. 394.—Liv. i, c. 50. 1. o, c. 43 & 44. Ferentum, or Forentum, a town of Apulia, now Forenza. Horat. 3, od. 4, v. 15. — Liv. 9, c. 16 & 20. Feretrius, a surname of Jupiter, a ferendo, because he had assisted the Romans, or a feriendo, because he had conquered their enemies under Romulus. He had a temple at Rome built by Romulus, where the spoils called opima were always carried. Only two generals obtained these celebrated spoils after the age of Romulus. Liv. i, c. 10. — Plut. in. Rom.—C. Nep. in Att. 20. Feriae Latinae, festivals at Rome instituted by Tarquin the Proud. The principal magistrates of 47 towns in Latium usually assembled on a mount near Rome, where they, together with the Roman magistrates, offered a bull to Jupiter Latialis, of which they carried home some part after the immolation, after they had sworn mutual friendship and alliance. It continued but one day originally, but in process of time four days were dedicated to its celebration. Dionys. Hal. 4, c. 49. — Cic. Ep. 6.— Liv 21, &c. The feriae among the Romans were certain days set apart to celebrate festivals, and during that time it was unlawful for any person to work. They were either public or private. The public were of four different kinds. The feriae stativae were certain immovable days always marked in the calendar, and observed by the whole city with much festivity and public rejoicing. The feriae conceptivae were movable feasts, and the day appointed for the celebration was always previously fixed by the magistrates or priests, Among these were the feriae Latinae, which were first established by Tarquin, and observed by the consuls regularly before they set out for the provinces; the Compitalia, &c. The feiae imperativae were appointed only by the command of the consul, dictator, or pretor, as a public rejoicing for some important victory gained over the enemies of Rome. The feriae Nundinae were regular days in which the people of the country and neighbouring towns assembled together and exposed their respective commodities to sale. They were called Nundinae, because kept every ninth day. The feriae privatae were observed only in families, in commemoration of birthdays, marriages, funerals, and the like. The days on which the feriae were observed were called by the Romans festi dies, because dedicated to mirth, relaxation, and festivity. Feronia, a goddess at Rome, who presided over the woods and groves. The name is derived a ferendo, because she gave assistance to her votaries, or perhaps from the town Feronia, near mount Soracte, where she had a temple. It was usual to make a yearly sacrifice to her, and to wash the face and hands in the waters of the sacred fountain, which flowed near her temple. It is said that those who were filled with the spirit of this goddess could walk barefooted over burning coals without receiving any injury from the flames. The goddess had a temple and a grove about three miles from Anxur, and also another in the district of Capena. Liv. 33, c. 26.—Virg. Aen. 7, v. 697 & 800.—Varro de L. L. 4, c. 10.—Ital. i^.—Strab. 5.—Horat. i, sat. 5, v. 24. Fescennia (iorum, or ium), a town of Etruria, now Galese, where the Fescennine verses were first invented. These verses, the name of which conveys an idea of vulgar obscenity, were a sort of rustic dialogue spoken extempore, in which the actors exposed before their audience the failings and vices of their adversaries, and by satirical humour and merriment endeavoured to raise the laughter of the company. They were often repeated at nuptials, and many lascivious expressions were used for the general diversion, as also at harvest home, when gestures were made adapted to the sense of the unpolished verses that were used. They were proscribed by Augustus as of immoral tendency. Plin. 3> c. 5.—Virg. Awn. 7, v. 695.—Horat. 2, ep, i, v. 145. Fesulae, or Faesulae, a town of Etruria, where Sylla settled a colony. Cic. Cat. 3, c. 6. Festus, a friend of Domitian, who killed himself in an illness. Martial, i, ep. 79. —— Porcius, a proconsul who succeeded Felix as governor of Judaea, under Claudius. Fibrenus, a river of Italy, falling into the Liris through Cicero's farm at Arpinum. Sil. 8, v. 400. —Cic. Leg. 2, c. i. Ficana, a town of Latium, at the south of Rome, near the Tiber. Liv. i, c. 33. Ficaria, a small island on the east of Sardinia, now Serpentera. Plin. 3, c. 7. Ficulea, or Ficulnea, a town of Latium beyond mount Sacer, at the north of Rome. Cicero had a villa there, and the road that led to the town was called Ficulnensis, afterwards Nomentana Via. Cic. 12, Att. 34.—Liv. i, c. 38. 1. 3, Fidena, an inland town of Latium, whose inhabitants are called Fidenates. The place was conquered by the Romans B.C. 435. Virg. Aen. 6, v. 773.—Juv. i, v. 44.—LiV. i, c. 14, 15 & 27.1. 2, c. 19. 1. 4, c. 17 & 21. Fidentia, a town of Gaul on the south of the Po, between Placentia and Parma. Vell. 2, c. 28. —Plin. 3, c. 15.—Cic. In. 2, c. 54. Fides, the goddess of faith, oaths, and honesty, worshipped by the Romans. Numa was the first who paid her divine honours. Fidiculae, a place of Italy. Val. Max. T, c, 6. Fidius Dius, a divinity by whom the Romans generally swore. He was also called Sancus, or Sanctus, and Semipater, and he was solemnly addressed in prayers the 5th of June, which was yearly consecrated to his service. Some suppose him to be Hercules. Ovid. Fast. 6, v. 213.—-Varro de L. L. 4. c. 10.—Dionys. Hal. 2 & 9.