Fesŭlæ, or Fæsulæ, a town of Etruria, where Sylla settled a colony. Cicero, Against Catiline, bk. 3, ch. 6.
Festus, a friend of Domitian, who killed himself in an illness. Martial, bk. 1, ltr. 79.——Porcius, a proconsul who succeeded Felix as governor of Judæa, under Claudius.
Fibrēnus, a river of Italy, falling into the Liris through Cicero’s farm at Arpinum. Silius Italicus, bk. 8, li. 400.—Cicero, De Legibus, bk. 2, ch. 1.
Ficana, a town of Latium, at the south of Rome, near the Tiber. Livy, bk. 1, ch. 33.
Ficaria, a small island on the east of Sardinia, now Serpentera. Pliny, bk. 3, ch. 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. Cicero, bk. 12, Letters to Atticus, ltr. 34.—Livy, bk. 1, ch. 38; bk. 3, ch. 52.
Fidēna, an inland town of Latium, whose inhabitants are called Fidenates. The place was conquered by the Romans B.C. 435. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 6, li. 773.—Juvenal, satire 1, li. 44.—Livy, bk. 1, chs. 14, 15 & 27; bk. 2, ch. 19; bk. 4, chs. 17 & 21.
Fidentia, a town of Gaul on the south of the Po, between Placentia and Parma. Velleius Paterculus, bk. 2, ch. 28.—Pliny, bk. 3, ch. 15.—Cicero, De Inventione, bk. 2, ch. 54.
Fides, the goddess of faith, oaths, and honesty, worshipped by the Romans. Numa was the first who paid her divine honours.
Fĭdĭcŭlæ, a place of Italy. Valerius Maximus, bk. 7, ch. 6.