[♦] ‘fidelty’ replaced with ‘fidelity’
Fabulla, a prostitute, &c. Juvenal, satire 2, li. 68.
Facelina, a small place on the north of Sicily, where Diana had a temple. Servius, Commentary on the Æneid of Vergil, bk. 9, li. 117.—Hyginus, fable 261.
Fadus, a Rutulian killed in the night by Euryalus. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 9, li. 344.
Fæsŭlæ, now Fiesole, a town of Etruria, famous for its augurs. Cicero, For Lucius Murena, ch. 24.—Silius Italicus, bk. 8, li. 478.—Sallust, Catilinae Coniuratio, ch. 27.
Falcīdia lex, was enacted by the tribune Falcidius, A.U.C. 713, concerning wills and the right of heirs.
Faleria, a town of Picenum, now Fallerona, of which the inhabitants were called Falerienses. Pliny, bk. 3, ch. 13.
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. The place was famous for its pastures, and for a peculiar sort of sausage. See: [Falisci]. Martial, bk. 4, ltr. 46.—Livy, bk. 10, chs. 12 & 16.—Ovid, Fasti, bk. 1, li. 84; ex Ponto, bk. 4, poem 8, li. 41.—Cato, De Re Rustica, bks. 4 & 14.—Servius, Commentary on the Æneid of Vergil, bk. 7, li. 695.—Pliny, bk. 3, ch. 5.
Falerina, a tribe at Rome. Livy, bk. 9, ch. 23.
Falernus, a fertile mountain and plain of Campania, famous for its wine, which the Roman poets have greatly celebrated. Livy, bk. 22, ch. 14.—Martial, bk. 12, ltr. 57.—Virgil, Georgics, bk. 2, li. 96.—Horace, bk. 1, ode 20, li. 10; bk. 2, satire 4, li. 15.—Strabo, bk. 5.—Florus, bk. 1, ch. 15.