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INDEX OF NAMES

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Fabianus, a friend of Fr. befriended by Corn. Repentinus, praef. praet.. under Pius, I 283

Fabii, the 300 slain at the Cremera, II. 147

Fadilla, daughter of M., lodging with Matidia, as a baby, at Minturnae (?), I. 301; her father-in-law Claud. Severus, I. 283n.; referred to as virgo and as being ill, in an apocryphal letter of Faustina, II. 292

Falco, Pompeius, his estate visited by M., I. 141

Fauna, inspirers of prophecy, II. 67

Faustina maior, wife of Pius, perhaps mentioned by Fr. and Pins, I. 127 f.; II. 281n.; query referred to as domina, see note, I. 15

Faustina minor, wife of M , probably mentioned by Pius, I. 129; alluded to in a lost letter, 1. 191; called Aug-.tsta, I. 193; H. 98; ill, I. 193; a good patient, I. 195; message to, on birthday of one of her children, I. 245; her lying-in near, I. 247; legatee under Matidla's will, II. 97; in Syria with Lucius, II. 237; apocryphal letters to M., II. 315, 317; death at Halalae, II. 297n.

Faustina, Annia Galeria, daughter of M„ has diarrhoea, I. 203; Fr.'s devotion to her, MM.; is better, I. 205; mentioned (?) by M., I. 225

Faustina, Domitia, daughter of M. just born, I. 251; recovering her health, H 33

Faustinianus, son of Statianus, a friend of Fr., recommended to Cl. Julianus, I. 291

Faustus, a varia lectio in Cod., II. 11On.

Faustus Sulla, called Felix; Fronto calls "Faustian" wines from the Ager Faustianus (a part of the Falernian district) felicia vina, II. 7

Favorinus, a contemporary philosopher of Aries, oratorical (?) pigments from, I. 49; well versed in Greek, II. 263; conversation with Fr. in Gellius, II. 261

Felix, Minucius in his Odavius quotes F., Intr. xvii, II. 283-4

Festus, Postumius, a contemporary grammarian, to be patron of Cirta, I. 295; conversation with Fronto in Gellius, II. 279

Formian villa, mentioned by Faustina and M. in apocryphal letters, II. 317 f.

Fortuna, the goddess, I. 89; worshipped under various forms and names, II. 105; Fors Fortuna, II. 35

Fronto, M. Cornelius, orator huius saeculi, I. 32; use of maxims, I. 3, 130 ff.; a foreigner but sagacious, I. 21; a Libyan of the Libyans, I. 137; II. 135; writes in Greek, I. 19, 125 (? I. 94); letters in Greek to mother of M., 130, 146; influence as orator, I. 18, 77; his? De Differentia Vocabulorum, I. 6n.; against philosophy, I. 289; II. 67; a treatise pro Somno, I. 9n.; glory of Roman eloquence, I. 131; II. 251; <*>iX6(rropyo9, II. 18; uses ordinary common words, II. 87; mediocre talent compared to Cicero's, II. 101; alone talks Latin, I. 129; II. 123; a bad correspondent, II. 193; is to write a history of Parthian war, II. 193 ff.; words used by him given franchise, II. 279; his view of tyrants, II. 285; pre-eminent at bar, II. 257, cp. 199; compared to Cicero, II. 251; his language and learning (in Gellius), II. 253; praise by Favorinus (in Gellius), II. 261, 267-9; careful in distinguishing words, II. 273; always up in the clouds, I. 105

Birthday, I. 15; II. 31; his "gardens" at Rome, I. 123; vintage at his Eorti, I. 213; from Eorti to Rome, I. 299; new bath for his "villa," II. 273; his villas, I. 177, 213, 299; II. 87, 193; fond of birds, esp. partridges, II. 173; addicted

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