Fabia, third wife of Ovid (fl. 1st century), 256, 257, 258
Fabian strategy, 50, 185
Fabii, Roman clan, 21, 76, 255, 364
Fabius (Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, Cunctator), general and dictator (?-203 B.C..), 50, 68
Fabius Pictor, Caius, painter (fl. 303 B.C..), 82, 352
Fabius Pictor, Quintus, general and historian (fl. end of 3rd century B.C..), 71, 73
Fabricius, Pons, 327
Fabulina, 59
factories, 321-323, 333, 342, 477, 498, 642, 644
fairs, 78, 328
Faith, 358;
Temple of, 358
Falernian wine, 456
family, in Etruria, 7;
in Germany, 479;
in early Rome, 56-59, 67, 72, 88, 91;
in the later Republic, 134, 147;
under the Principate, 222-225, 300, 321, 334, 348, 363-364, 366, 371, 441;
under the monarchy, 656
family name (cognomen), 56-57
Fannia, wife of Helvidius Priscus (1st century), 371, 441
Far East, 84, 529
Farnese Bull, 634
Farnese Hercules (Glycon), 349, 634
Farnese Juno, 349
Farnese Palace, 351
Fasti (Ovid), 256-257
Fate, 242, 304
father, the (paterfamilias), in the Republic, 56, 57, 59, 68-69, 226;
under the Principate and Empire, 395
Fathers of the Church, 308, 524, 603, 611-615
Fato, De (Cicero), 163*
Faunus, 59, 65
Fausta, second wife of Constantine I (4th century), 663-664
Faustina Senior, wife of Antoninus Pius (2nd century), 423, 427, 430
Faustina Junior, wife of Marcus Aurelius (?-175), 423, 425, 427-428, 430, 442
Faventia (Faenze), 455
Favorinus of Gaul, philosopher at Hadrian’s court (fl. 2nd century), 367, 415
feasting, Etruscan, 6, 7;
Carthaginian, 41;
under Rome, 65-66, 68, 69, 71, 82, 88-89, 90, 132, 133, 147, 186, 190, 202, 223, 245, 266, 276, 285, 296, 297-298, 334, 335, 372, 376-377, 386, 461, 476, 515, 562, 624
Feast of Tabernacles, 65
Febris, 75
februa, 67
Felix, Antonius, procurator of Judea (fl. 1st century A.D.), 271, 543, 586
Feralia, 65
feriae (holy days), 65
Ferrara (anc. Forum Alieni), 454
Ferrero, Guglielmo, Italian historian (b. 1872), 273*
fertility, 56, 59, 60, 61, 65, 66, 67, 159, 193, 212, 221-222, 224-225, 232, 363-366, 431, 449, 479, 480-481, 515, 525, 545, 666
fertilizers, 76, 320-321
festivals, 59, 63, 65-67, 71, 74, 76, 98, 223, 225-226, 239, 256, 334, 335, 347, 377-379, 381, 390, 423, 461, 484, 512, 515, 523, 542-543, 579, 598, 672
Festus, procurator of Judea (fl. 62), 543, 586
fetiales, 63
fetishism, 60
feudalism, 631*
Fidenae (Castel Giubileo), 11
Field of Mars, 65, 128, 143, 173, 192, 232, 280, 291, 308, 340, 348, 360, 362, 365, 390
Figaro, 101
Fimbria, Caius Flavius, politician and general (?-84B.C..), 124-125
finance, 190, 192-193, 330-332, 336, 411
Finibus, De (Cicero), 163*, 165
fire brigade, Crassus’, 131
first name (praenomen), 56-57
First Principles (Origen), see Peri Archon
fisci 221*
fiscus 221-222
fishing, 321, 336, 423, 470, 483, 515, 520, 563, 573
Flaccus, Avillius, governor (fl. 1st century), 500-501
Flaccus, Lucius Valerius, consul (?-86 B.C..), 124
Flaccus, Valerius, senator (fl. 3rd century B.C..), 102
flaggelation, 354
flamines, 63
Flaminian Way, 78, 455
Flaminius, Caius, political leader (?-217 B.C..), 47, 49, 78, 340
Flaminius, Titus Quinctius, general (fl. 200 B.C..), 85, 96, 382
Flanders, 174
Flaubert, Gustave, French novelist (1821-1880), 239
Flaviales, 291-292
Flavian Amphitheater, see Colosseum
Flavian Dynasty, 285-293, 351, 407, 412, 442
fleet, see navy
floods, 159, 193, 339, 365, 429, 649
Flora (goddess), 65, 381
Flora, courtesan (fl. 1st century B.C..), 138-139
Floralia, 65, 378, 381
Florence (anc. Florentia), 9, 348*, 454
Florus, Lucius Annaeus, historian (fl. 1st century), 473
Florus, procurator of Judea (fl. 1st century), 543-544
flute, 379-381
Fontana dei Trevi, 327*
food, in the Roman army, 34;
in Carthage, 40, 41;
under Rome, 38, 54, 70-71, 76, 88-89, 133, 215, 227, 245, 247, 298, 320-321, 328-330, 373, 376-377, 636
forgery, in art, 342
Formiae (Formia), 162, 202
Fornax, 59
Forth, 476;
Firth of, 476
Fortuna Primigenia, Temple of, 454
Fortuna Virilis, Temple of, 358
Fortune (Fortuna), 358, 388, 424, 655
Fortune, Temple of, 340, 358
fortunetelling, see soothsaying
Forum, 23, 24, 27, 47, 64, 66, 72, 79, 84, 89, 115, 123, 125, 126, 136, 141, 146, 160, 161, 166, 169, 179, 189, 192, 198, 199, 202, 228, 231, 239, 280, 284, 340, 341, 342, 352, 358, 362, 378, 393, 394, 402, 421, 423, 427*, 429, 635
Forum Boarium, 340, 342, 358
Forum Holitorium, 342
Forum Iulii (Fréjus), 474
Forum Iulium, 192, 341
Forum Piscatorium, 342
Forum Traianum, 411
forums, 464, 466, 473, 477
fountains, 343-345, 348, 384, 515
Fourth Gospel, see John, Gospel of Saint Fracastaro, Girolamo, Italian astronomer, poet, and physician (1483-1553), 154
Fragonard, Jean Honoré, French painter and engraver (1732-1806), 351
France, 174-175, 234, 302, 369, 406, 470-475484, 671
Francis, Saint, Italian founder of Franciscan order (1182-1226), 455
François Vase, 9
Franks, 175, 629, 653
Frascati, 454*
Frazer, Sir James George, Scottish anthropologist (1854-1940, 588*
free cities, 462, 474, 482
freedmen, status of, 270, 271, 287, 290, 292, 298, 333, 334, 338, 415, 543, 620, 639
French, 73, 295, 475, 637
French civilization, 177-178, 470, 475
French Revolution, 192, 641, 670
frescoes, in Etruria, 10;
in Pompeii, 74, 352-354;
under Rome, 82, 338, 352-354, 372, 512;
Christian, 601
Freya, 479
friendship, Cicero on, 165-166;
Horace on, 247, 250;
in Rome, 441
From Jesus to Paul (Klausner), 557*
From the Pontus (Ovid), see Ex Ponto
Frontinus, Sextus Julius, engineer and statesman (fl. 1st century), 327-328
Fronto, Marcus Cornelius, rhetorician (110?-180?), 108, 302, 315, 417, 425, 430, 442, 443, 466
frumentaria, lex, 116
Fucinus, Lake (Lago di Celano), 193, 270, 326, 410
fuels, 76, 77, 322-323, 343, 477
Fufia Caninia, lex, 222, 398
Fulvia, wife of Antony (?-40 B.C.), 202, 204-205, 206, 208
Fulvius, general (fl. 3rd century B.C..), 92
Fulvius, Aulus, conspirator (1st century B.C..), 395
Funck-Brentano, Frantz, French historian (b. 1862), 475
Fundamentalism, 592
funeral rites, 83-84, 98, 101, 157, 180, 190, 199, 232, 282, 335, 378, 379, 381-382, 568, 601
furniture, 88, 92, 133, 303, 345-346, 352, 373, 459, 532