of the
Fulcinii
that are known to us.
William Smith - 1844 - Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities - b
Praef.
$ 14,
14 and 15); and a farm was purchased by one where, however, the reading of the name is very
Fufidius for Q. Cicero. (Cic. ad Q. Fr. ü. 1. ) But doubtful : see Schneider's note. ) [P. S. )
in the absence of their praenomina it is impossible FU'FIUS, a Roman modeller, whose name is
to identify these Fufidii.
known by a statue in burnt clay, discovered near
4. Q. FUFIDIUS, was a native of Arpinum, and Perugia, in 1773. It is two feet high, represent-
of equestrian rank at Rome. He was one of three ing a household god, covered with a dog-skin, and
commissioners sent, A. D. 46, by the municipality has on its base the inscription, C. Furius Finxit.
of Arpinum to collect their rents in Cisalpine Gaul. (Winckelmann, Briefe üb. d. neuest. Herculan.
[Faucius. ) Fufidius married a daughter of M. entdeck. Ø 29, Fea's note. )
(P. S. )
Caesius, and was tribune of a legion stationed in FU'FIUS. 1. C. and M. Fufit's, two Roman
Cilicia during Cicero's proconsulship. Cicero re equites mentioned by Cicero (pro Flacc. 20); but
commends Fufidius to M. Brutus. (Cic. ad Fam. otherwise unknown.
xi. 11. )
2. Q. Fufius, an intimate friend of Cicero, who
A wealthy man of this name is mentioned by recommended him in B. c. 50 to C. Mummius.
Horace. (Sat. i. 2. 12. )
(W. B. D. ) (Cic. ad Fam. xiii. 3. )
FUFI'DIUS, a jurist, who probably lived be- 3. L. FUFIUS, a Roman orator, who was an
tween the time of Vespasian and Hadrian. We elder contemporary of Cicero. About B. c. 98 he
do not subscribe to the conjecture of Maiansius, accused M'. Aquillius of extortion, which he had
who believes that he may have been the same committed in his consulship in Sicily B. C. 101.
person with the L. Fufidius Pollio, who was consul On that occasion L. Fufius evinced great zeal and
in A. D. 166. He was not later than Africanus, industry; but the accused, who was defended by
and appears not to have been earlier than Atilici- M. Antonius, was acquitted. The oratory of
nus, a contemporary of Proculus, for, in Dig. 34. Fufius seems to have been of a very vehement and
tit. 2. s. 5, Africanus seems to quote an opinion of passionate character, and the man himself of a very
Atilicinus from the second book of Quaestiones of quarrelsome nature ; and this he retained even in
Fufidius. Zimmern, however, must have under his advanced age, when he had nearly lost his
stood this passage differently, for he draws from it voice. (Cic. de Orat. i. 39, č. 22, iii. 13; de Off
the inference that Fufidius was earlier than Atili- ii. 14; Brut. 62. )
cinus. In Dig. 40. tit. 2. s. 25, Gaius quotes an 4. M. FUFIUS, a friend of Milo, who was ac-
opinion of Fufidius (for such is the true reading, companied by him at the time when he murdered
not Aufidius, as some editions read, following Ha- P. Clodius. (Ascon, in Cic. Milon. p. 33. ed.
loander in his departure from the Florentine manu- Orelli. )
script of the Pandects). To the opinion of Fufidius 5. Q. Fufius, a Roman eques, mentioned by Ci-
Gaius opposes that of Nerva, the son, and adopts cero (Phil
. ii. 16), but otherwise unknown. [L. S. ]
the latter. Hence Nerva, the son, is thought by FULCI'NIUS, a name which is borne by
Zimmern to have written after Fufidius, but the several persons in Roman history, belonging to
## p. 187 (#203) ############################################
FULCINIUS.
-187
FULGENTIUS.
· FULVIA.
not conclusive, for the question a
differed from Fufidius mas bare been
he schools, and the opinion seket
ed br Fufidius mar hare been es
Nerva before Fufidius wrote: In the
stion, which relates to manumissions
(8 of a causa probationis
, and there are
ncludes that he wrote after the data
elia Sentia, which was passed in the
the reign of Augustus (Coenen
38, 39, 40. ) In the Institutes of
1), occurs the ambiguous espression,
apud Fufidium Sulino plecat. " In:
EROX) we have endeavoured to ex-
ning of this expression. It seems to
work passing under the narze of Fé
1 an opinion of Sabinus, but it does
to determine whether the words er-
lius as commenting upon or cita
whether it was an original treatise of
i notes by Sabinus. In Die 6. 6.
dius is quoted by Paulus on a nice
ben a man in whose honour a puble
? n erected becomes insolvent, does the
the statue pass under a sale of his
benefit of his creditors ?
Pro. i. 9) claims the bonour of bareng
i
to rescue the name of this jurist fram
I is inclined to identify him with the
jentioned above (No. 1), but this L
certainly earlier than or jurist
LXXX Idorum Frag. Cam. l
7. )
(J. T. G. )
S, an architect, was the first Roma
hitecture. (Vitruv, vii. Praef
. $14,
er, the reading of the name is very
Schneider's note. )
3 Roman modeller, whose name is
atue in burat clar, discovered sex
3. It is two feet high, represest
god, covered with a dog-skin, ad
the inscription, C. Fufius Fisiit.
Briefe üb. de neuct. Here's
a's note. )
[P. S]
. C. and M. Fufics, two Ramaz
by Cicero (pro Fluce. 20);
yn.
different periods as well as places, so that we cannot | tations from ancient authorities are ascribed to
say whether they belonged to one gens or family writers and works which no one ever heard of, and
or not
are universally regarded as impudent fabrications.
1. C. FULCINIUS. When, in B. C. 438, the III. Liber de Erpositione Virgilianae Continentias
Fidenates had revolted against Rome, and joined ad Chalcidicum Grammaticum, a title which means,
Lars Tolumnius of Veii, the Romans sent C. Ful- an explanation of what is contained in l'irgil
, that
cinius and three others as ambassadors to inquire is to say, of the esoteric truths allegorically con-
into the cause of the revolt. But the Fidenates, veyed in the Virgilian poems. The absurdity of
on the advice of Tolumnius, put the Roman ambas- this piece is so glaring, that had it been composed
sadors to death; and the Romans afterwards in a different age, we should have at once pro-
honoured the ambassadors with statues on the nounced it to be a tedious and exaggerated bur-
Rostra. (Liv. iv. 17; Cic. Phil. ix. 2. )
lesque. To take a single example. The Aeneid
2. M. FULCINIUS, of Tarquinii, in Etruria, a is supposed to shadow forth the career of man, as
man of high respectability, who carried on a con- he passes upwards through the weakness of infancy
siderable banking business at Rome. He had a and the waywardness of youth to wisdom and hap
son of the same name, who died young ; and a piness. Now we are told that Anchises died and
freedman of his likewise bore the name of M. was buried at Drepanum. But Spénavov or Opé
Fulcinius. (Cic. pro Cucc. 4, 6. )
πανος is quasi δριμύπαιδος: δριμύς means Marsh,
3. L. FULCINIUS, C. F. brought the charge of Tais means a boy, therefore the interment of An-
murder against M. Saufeius in B. c. 52. (Ascon. chises by his son covertly expresses that the harsh-
in Milon. p. 54. ) The name of one L. Fulcinius ness of youth casts aside paternal restraint.
occurs on Macedonian coins ; but as he is called The Editio Princeps of the Mythologiae was
quaestor, it is impossible to identify him with any published at Milan, with the commentaries of Bapt.
of the Fulcinii that are known to us. (Eckhel, Pius, in 1487, or according to other bibliographical
vol. v. p. 221. )
(L. S. ] authorities, in 1498. The best edition of the col-
FULCI'NIUS PRISCUS, a jurist of whom lected works of Fulgentius is included in the “My.
little is known. In Dig. 25. tit. 2. 8. 3. & 4, his thographi Latini" of Muncker, Auct. 1681, 8vo. ,
opinion is cited by Paulus along with that of reprinted, with large additions, by Van Staveren,
Proculus and that of Mela. In Dig. 25. tit. 2. Lug. Bat. 1742, 4to. The Expositio Sermonum is
8. 6, he is cited by Paulus along with Atilicinus. generally appended to Nonius Marcellus. (Mar-
In Dig. 39. tit. 6. s. 43, he is cited by Neratius. CELLUS, Nonius. ]
(W. R. ]
From Dig. 31. . 49. § 2, it may be inferred that FULLO, a cognomen of the Apustia Gens at
he was not earlier than Labeo ; and it may be Rome. [Arustia Gens. ] It was probably de-
conjectured, with probability, that he was a con- rived from the occupation of one of the Apustii, a
temporary of Proculus. Guil. Grotius (De Vitis cleaner of woollen cloths.
Jurisc. ii. 5. § 5), places his date between the 1. L. APUSTIUS, L. F. C. n. Fullo, consul in
reign of Tiberius and that of rajan. He is cited B. C. 226. There prevailed Rome in his consul-
by Gaius, Pomponius, and Ulpian. Though he ship a panic of Gaulish invasion. The Sibylline
lived before Hadrian, he appears to have written books foretold that the Gauls and Greeks should
upon the praetor's edict, the form of which had possess the city. At once to fulfil and avert the
already acquired permanence, for in Dig. 11. tit. 7. prophecy, the pontiffs directed a Gaulish man and
8. 29, Dig. 13. tit 1. § 13, Dig. 42. tit. 4. 8. 7, pr. woman and a Greek man and woman to be buried
his opinion is cited by authors writing upon the alive in the ox-market at Rome. The whole of
edict.
(J. T. G. ) Fullo's consulship was employed in preparations
FULCI'NIUS TRIO. (Trio. ]
for a Gaulish war and a general levy of the Italian
FULGE’NTIUS, FA'BIUS PLANCI'ADES people. (Polyb. ii. 22 ; Liv. Epit. xx. , xxii. 17;
(not PLACIADES), a Latin grammarian of uncertain Plut. Marcell. 3 ; Oros. iv. 13 ; Zonar. viii. p.
date, probably not earlier than the sixth cen- 403. c. ; Plin. H. N. iii. 20. )
tury after Christ. His barbarous and inflated 2. L. APustius Fullo, son probably of the
style yields strong indications of African origin, preceding. He was aedile of the lebs in B. C.
but he must by no means be confounded with Ful- 202, when the plebeian games in the Flaminian
gentius, who was bishop of Ruspe about the year Circus were thrice repeated. Fullo was Praetor
A. D. 508, nor with Fulgentius Ferrandus, a pupil Urbanus in B. C. 196, and afterwards commissioner
of that prelate. Three works which bear evident under a plebiscite of Q. Aelius Tubero, for estab-
marks of the same hand are ascribed to Fabius lishing a Latin colony in the district of Thurii,
Planciades Fulgentius.
B. C. 194. (Liv. xxxi. 4, xxxiii. 24, 26, xxxiv.
I. Mythologiarum Libri III. ad Catum Presbyte- 53, xxxv. 9. )
(W. B. D. ]
A collection of the most remarkable tales FULLO'NIUS SATURNI'NUS. (SATUR-
connected with the history and exploits of gods NINUS. )
and heroes. A few incidents derived from sources FUʻLVIA. 1. A Roman lady of rank, but of
now no longer accessible may be gathered here loose morality. She lived on terms of intimacy with
and there from this generally worthless compilation; Q. Curius, an accomplice of the Catilinarian con-
but the attempts to rationalise the legends are cha- spiracy, who told her of the scheme that was atioat.
racterised by the wildest extravagance, while the As Curius had not the means of satisfying her ex-
Greek etymologies of proper names are perfect travagant demands upon him, she took vengeance
portents of folly or ignorance.
by divulging his secret : she communicated it,
II. Eapositio Sermonum Antiquorum cum Testi- among others also, to Cicero, and thus became the
moniis ad Chalcidicum Grammaticum. A glossary, means of suppressing the conspiracy. (Sall. Cat.
as the name imports, of obsolete words and phrases. 23, 26, 28. )
It is very short, and almost entirely without value, 2. A daughter of M. Fulvius Bambalio of Tus.
for many of the passages which profess to be quo- culum, by Sempronia, a grand-danghter of Tudi.
(P. S. )
; bet
an intimate friend of Cicer, whe
7 in & C. 50 to C. NONS.
- 3. )
2 Roman orator, who was a
of Cicera. About BG 98 be
ins of extortion, which be bad
consulship in Sicily &c 10.
Fufius erinced great real and
ccused, who was defended by
acquitted. The oratory
been of a rery rebement and
and the man himself of a rery
and this be retained eren in
Sen he had Dearly lost bis
i. 39, i. 22, iii. 13; de l
rum.
end of Milo, who was a
he time when he murdered
in Cic. Milog. A 33. ed
eques, mentioned br
Hersvise unknown (LS)
ume which is bormie by
n history, belonging a
## p. 188 (#204) ############################################
138
FULVIA.
FULVIUS.
tanus. She was first married to P. Clodius, by | Vell. Pat. ii. 74; Cic. Phil. ii. 5, 31, iü. 6, ad
whom she had a daughter, Claudia, afterwards the Att. xiv. 12; Val. Max. ix. l. § 8; Niebuhr,
wife of Caesar Octavianus. When Clodius was Lectures on Kom. Ilist. vol. ii. p. 121, &c. ) (L. S. )
murdered, and his body was carried to Rome, and FULVIA PLAUTILLA. (PLAUTILLA. )
there exposed in the atrium of his house, Fulvin, FU'LVIA GENS (of which the older term was
with great lamentations, showed her husband's Foulvia), plebeian, but one of the most illustrious
wounds to the multitude that came to see the Roman gentes. According to Cicero (pro Planc.
body; and she thus inflamed their desire of taking 8, comp.
14 and 15); and a farm was purchased by one where, however, the reading of the name is very
Fufidius for Q. Cicero. (Cic. ad Q. Fr. ü. 1. ) But doubtful : see Schneider's note. ) [P. S. )
in the absence of their praenomina it is impossible FU'FIUS, a Roman modeller, whose name is
to identify these Fufidii.
known by a statue in burnt clay, discovered near
4. Q. FUFIDIUS, was a native of Arpinum, and Perugia, in 1773. It is two feet high, represent-
of equestrian rank at Rome. He was one of three ing a household god, covered with a dog-skin, and
commissioners sent, A. D. 46, by the municipality has on its base the inscription, C. Furius Finxit.
of Arpinum to collect their rents in Cisalpine Gaul. (Winckelmann, Briefe üb. d. neuest. Herculan.
[Faucius. ) Fufidius married a daughter of M. entdeck. Ø 29, Fea's note. )
(P. S. )
Caesius, and was tribune of a legion stationed in FU'FIUS. 1. C. and M. Fufit's, two Roman
Cilicia during Cicero's proconsulship. Cicero re equites mentioned by Cicero (pro Flacc. 20); but
commends Fufidius to M. Brutus. (Cic. ad Fam. otherwise unknown.
xi. 11. )
2. Q. Fufius, an intimate friend of Cicero, who
A wealthy man of this name is mentioned by recommended him in B. c. 50 to C. Mummius.
Horace. (Sat. i. 2. 12. )
(W. B. D. ) (Cic. ad Fam. xiii. 3. )
FUFI'DIUS, a jurist, who probably lived be- 3. L. FUFIUS, a Roman orator, who was an
tween the time of Vespasian and Hadrian. We elder contemporary of Cicero. About B. c. 98 he
do not subscribe to the conjecture of Maiansius, accused M'. Aquillius of extortion, which he had
who believes that he may have been the same committed in his consulship in Sicily B. C. 101.
person with the L. Fufidius Pollio, who was consul On that occasion L. Fufius evinced great zeal and
in A. D. 166. He was not later than Africanus, industry; but the accused, who was defended by
and appears not to have been earlier than Atilici- M. Antonius, was acquitted. The oratory of
nus, a contemporary of Proculus, for, in Dig. 34. Fufius seems to have been of a very vehement and
tit. 2. s. 5, Africanus seems to quote an opinion of passionate character, and the man himself of a very
Atilicinus from the second book of Quaestiones of quarrelsome nature ; and this he retained even in
Fufidius. Zimmern, however, must have under his advanced age, when he had nearly lost his
stood this passage differently, for he draws from it voice. (Cic. de Orat. i. 39, č. 22, iii. 13; de Off
the inference that Fufidius was earlier than Atili- ii. 14; Brut. 62. )
cinus. In Dig. 40. tit. 2. s. 25, Gaius quotes an 4. M. FUFIUS, a friend of Milo, who was ac-
opinion of Fufidius (for such is the true reading, companied by him at the time when he murdered
not Aufidius, as some editions read, following Ha- P. Clodius. (Ascon, in Cic. Milon. p. 33. ed.
loander in his departure from the Florentine manu- Orelli. )
script of the Pandects). To the opinion of Fufidius 5. Q. Fufius, a Roman eques, mentioned by Ci-
Gaius opposes that of Nerva, the son, and adopts cero (Phil
. ii. 16), but otherwise unknown. [L. S. ]
the latter. Hence Nerva, the son, is thought by FULCI'NIUS, a name which is borne by
Zimmern to have written after Fufidius, but the several persons in Roman history, belonging to
## p. 187 (#203) ############################################
FULCINIUS.
-187
FULGENTIUS.
· FULVIA.
not conclusive, for the question a
differed from Fufidius mas bare been
he schools, and the opinion seket
ed br Fufidius mar hare been es
Nerva before Fufidius wrote: In the
stion, which relates to manumissions
(8 of a causa probationis
, and there are
ncludes that he wrote after the data
elia Sentia, which was passed in the
the reign of Augustus (Coenen
38, 39, 40. ) In the Institutes of
1), occurs the ambiguous espression,
apud Fufidium Sulino plecat. " In:
EROX) we have endeavoured to ex-
ning of this expression. It seems to
work passing under the narze of Fé
1 an opinion of Sabinus, but it does
to determine whether the words er-
lius as commenting upon or cita
whether it was an original treatise of
i notes by Sabinus. In Die 6. 6.
dius is quoted by Paulus on a nice
ben a man in whose honour a puble
? n erected becomes insolvent, does the
the statue pass under a sale of his
benefit of his creditors ?
Pro. i. 9) claims the bonour of bareng
i
to rescue the name of this jurist fram
I is inclined to identify him with the
jentioned above (No. 1), but this L
certainly earlier than or jurist
LXXX Idorum Frag. Cam. l
7. )
(J. T. G. )
S, an architect, was the first Roma
hitecture. (Vitruv, vii. Praef
. $14,
er, the reading of the name is very
Schneider's note. )
3 Roman modeller, whose name is
atue in burat clar, discovered sex
3. It is two feet high, represest
god, covered with a dog-skin, ad
the inscription, C. Fufius Fisiit.
Briefe üb. de neuct. Here's
a's note. )
[P. S]
. C. and M. Fufics, two Ramaz
by Cicero (pro Fluce. 20);
yn.
different periods as well as places, so that we cannot | tations from ancient authorities are ascribed to
say whether they belonged to one gens or family writers and works which no one ever heard of, and
or not
are universally regarded as impudent fabrications.
1. C. FULCINIUS. When, in B. C. 438, the III. Liber de Erpositione Virgilianae Continentias
Fidenates had revolted against Rome, and joined ad Chalcidicum Grammaticum, a title which means,
Lars Tolumnius of Veii, the Romans sent C. Ful- an explanation of what is contained in l'irgil
, that
cinius and three others as ambassadors to inquire is to say, of the esoteric truths allegorically con-
into the cause of the revolt. But the Fidenates, veyed in the Virgilian poems. The absurdity of
on the advice of Tolumnius, put the Roman ambas- this piece is so glaring, that had it been composed
sadors to death; and the Romans afterwards in a different age, we should have at once pro-
honoured the ambassadors with statues on the nounced it to be a tedious and exaggerated bur-
Rostra. (Liv. iv. 17; Cic. Phil. ix. 2. )
lesque. To take a single example. The Aeneid
2. M. FULCINIUS, of Tarquinii, in Etruria, a is supposed to shadow forth the career of man, as
man of high respectability, who carried on a con- he passes upwards through the weakness of infancy
siderable banking business at Rome. He had a and the waywardness of youth to wisdom and hap
son of the same name, who died young ; and a piness. Now we are told that Anchises died and
freedman of his likewise bore the name of M. was buried at Drepanum. But Spénavov or Opé
Fulcinius. (Cic. pro Cucc. 4, 6. )
πανος is quasi δριμύπαιδος: δριμύς means Marsh,
3. L. FULCINIUS, C. F. brought the charge of Tais means a boy, therefore the interment of An-
murder against M. Saufeius in B. c. 52. (Ascon. chises by his son covertly expresses that the harsh-
in Milon. p. 54. ) The name of one L. Fulcinius ness of youth casts aside paternal restraint.
occurs on Macedonian coins ; but as he is called The Editio Princeps of the Mythologiae was
quaestor, it is impossible to identify him with any published at Milan, with the commentaries of Bapt.
of the Fulcinii that are known to us. (Eckhel, Pius, in 1487, or according to other bibliographical
vol. v. p. 221. )
(L. S. ] authorities, in 1498. The best edition of the col-
FULCI'NIUS PRISCUS, a jurist of whom lected works of Fulgentius is included in the “My.
little is known. In Dig. 25. tit. 2. 8. 3. & 4, his thographi Latini" of Muncker, Auct. 1681, 8vo. ,
opinion is cited by Paulus along with that of reprinted, with large additions, by Van Staveren,
Proculus and that of Mela. In Dig. 25. tit. 2. Lug. Bat. 1742, 4to. The Expositio Sermonum is
8. 6, he is cited by Paulus along with Atilicinus. generally appended to Nonius Marcellus. (Mar-
In Dig. 39. tit. 6. s. 43, he is cited by Neratius. CELLUS, Nonius. ]
(W. R. ]
From Dig. 31. . 49. § 2, it may be inferred that FULLO, a cognomen of the Apustia Gens at
he was not earlier than Labeo ; and it may be Rome. [Arustia Gens. ] It was probably de-
conjectured, with probability, that he was a con- rived from the occupation of one of the Apustii, a
temporary of Proculus. Guil. Grotius (De Vitis cleaner of woollen cloths.
Jurisc. ii. 5. § 5), places his date between the 1. L. APUSTIUS, L. F. C. n. Fullo, consul in
reign of Tiberius and that of rajan. He is cited B. C. 226. There prevailed Rome in his consul-
by Gaius, Pomponius, and Ulpian. Though he ship a panic of Gaulish invasion. The Sibylline
lived before Hadrian, he appears to have written books foretold that the Gauls and Greeks should
upon the praetor's edict, the form of which had possess the city. At once to fulfil and avert the
already acquired permanence, for in Dig. 11. tit. 7. prophecy, the pontiffs directed a Gaulish man and
8. 29, Dig. 13. tit 1. § 13, Dig. 42. tit. 4. 8. 7, pr. woman and a Greek man and woman to be buried
his opinion is cited by authors writing upon the alive in the ox-market at Rome. The whole of
edict.
(J. T. G. ) Fullo's consulship was employed in preparations
FULCI'NIUS TRIO. (Trio. ]
for a Gaulish war and a general levy of the Italian
FULGE’NTIUS, FA'BIUS PLANCI'ADES people. (Polyb. ii. 22 ; Liv. Epit. xx. , xxii. 17;
(not PLACIADES), a Latin grammarian of uncertain Plut. Marcell. 3 ; Oros. iv. 13 ; Zonar. viii. p.
date, probably not earlier than the sixth cen- 403. c. ; Plin. H. N. iii. 20. )
tury after Christ. His barbarous and inflated 2. L. APustius Fullo, son probably of the
style yields strong indications of African origin, preceding. He was aedile of the lebs in B. C.
but he must by no means be confounded with Ful- 202, when the plebeian games in the Flaminian
gentius, who was bishop of Ruspe about the year Circus were thrice repeated. Fullo was Praetor
A. D. 508, nor with Fulgentius Ferrandus, a pupil Urbanus in B. C. 196, and afterwards commissioner
of that prelate. Three works which bear evident under a plebiscite of Q. Aelius Tubero, for estab-
marks of the same hand are ascribed to Fabius lishing a Latin colony in the district of Thurii,
Planciades Fulgentius.
B. C. 194. (Liv. xxxi. 4, xxxiii. 24, 26, xxxiv.
I. Mythologiarum Libri III. ad Catum Presbyte- 53, xxxv. 9. )
(W. B. D. ]
A collection of the most remarkable tales FULLO'NIUS SATURNI'NUS. (SATUR-
connected with the history and exploits of gods NINUS. )
and heroes. A few incidents derived from sources FUʻLVIA. 1. A Roman lady of rank, but of
now no longer accessible may be gathered here loose morality. She lived on terms of intimacy with
and there from this generally worthless compilation; Q. Curius, an accomplice of the Catilinarian con-
but the attempts to rationalise the legends are cha- spiracy, who told her of the scheme that was atioat.
racterised by the wildest extravagance, while the As Curius had not the means of satisfying her ex-
Greek etymologies of proper names are perfect travagant demands upon him, she took vengeance
portents of folly or ignorance.
by divulging his secret : she communicated it,
II. Eapositio Sermonum Antiquorum cum Testi- among others also, to Cicero, and thus became the
moniis ad Chalcidicum Grammaticum. A glossary, means of suppressing the conspiracy. (Sall. Cat.
as the name imports, of obsolete words and phrases. 23, 26, 28. )
It is very short, and almost entirely without value, 2. A daughter of M. Fulvius Bambalio of Tus.
for many of the passages which profess to be quo- culum, by Sempronia, a grand-danghter of Tudi.
(P. S. )
; bet
an intimate friend of Cicer, whe
7 in & C. 50 to C. NONS.
- 3. )
2 Roman orator, who was a
of Cicera. About BG 98 be
ins of extortion, which be bad
consulship in Sicily &c 10.
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FULVIA.
FULVIUS.
tanus. She was first married to P. Clodius, by | Vell. Pat. ii. 74; Cic. Phil. ii. 5, 31, iü. 6, ad
whom she had a daughter, Claudia, afterwards the Att. xiv. 12; Val. Max. ix. l. § 8; Niebuhr,
wife of Caesar Octavianus. When Clodius was Lectures on Kom. Ilist. vol. ii. p. 121, &c. ) (L. S. )
murdered, and his body was carried to Rome, and FULVIA PLAUTILLA. (PLAUTILLA. )
there exposed in the atrium of his house, Fulvin, FU'LVIA GENS (of which the older term was
with great lamentations, showed her husband's Foulvia), plebeian, but one of the most illustrious
wounds to the multitude that came to see the Roman gentes. According to Cicero (pro Planc.
body; and she thus inflamed their desire of taking 8, comp.
