Favorinus, a philosopher and eunuch under Adrian, &c.
Fausta, a daughter of Sylla, &c. Horace, bk. 1, satire 2, li. 64.——The wife of the emperor Constantine, disgraced for her cruelties and vices.
Faustīna, 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 Marcus Aurelius.——The third wife of the emperor Heliogabalus bore that name.
Faustĭtas, a goddess among the Romans supposed to preside over cattle. Horace, bk. 4, ode 5, li. 17.
Faustŭlus, a shepherd ordered to expose Romulus and Remus. He privately brought them up at home. Livy, bk. 1, ch. 4.—Justin, bk. 43, ch. 2.—Plutarch, Romulus.
Faustus, an obscure poet under the first Roman emperors, two of whose dramatic pieces, Thebæ and Tereus, Juvenal mentions, satire 7, li. 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.
Feciāles, 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. Livy, bk. 1, ch. 3; bk. 4, ch. 30.
Felginas, a Roman knight killed by Pompey at Dyrracchium. Cæsar, bk. 3, Civil War.
Felix Marcus Antonius, a freedman of Claudius Cæsar, made governor of Judæa, Samaria, and Palestine. He is called by Suetonius the husband of three queens, as he married the two Drusillæ, one granddaughter of Antony and Cleopatra, and the other a Jewish princess, sister of Agrippa. The name of his third wife is unknown. Suetonius, Divus Claudius, ch. 18.—Tacitus, Annals, bk. 12, ch. 14.