29, Fufidius is quoted by Paulus on a nice
rule," was probably Fufidius, and in Plutarch (Sull.
rule," was probably Fufidius, and in Plutarch (Sull.
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p.
56, vol.
xiii.
p.
938.
) (L.
S.
)
VI. De Feriis Alsiensibus. Four epistles, two FRONTO, JU'LIUS, is mentioned as the pre-
from M. Aurelius, now emperor, to Fronto; two fectus vigilum at the accession of Galba, A. 1. 68,
from Fronto to M. Aurelius, containing some allu- who deprived him of this office. He was probably
sions to certain festivities at Alsium.
restored to his office by Otho, when the latter ob.
VII. De Nepote Amisso. A short note of con- tained the supreme power, A. D. 69, for we find
dolence from M. Aurelius to Fronto on the loss of him serving as tribune in Otho's army in the cam.
a grandson, the child of his daughter and Aufidius paign against Caecina, the general of Vitellius.
Victorinius, with a reply at some length by Fronto. His brother, Julius Gratus, was praefect of the camp
VIII. Arion. Apparently a brief rhetorical in Caecina's army, and Galba's soldiers, suspecting
exercise upon this legend.
that Julius Fronto meditated treachery, put him in
IX. De Eloquentia. A fragment addressed to chains. His brother Gratus met with the same
M. Caesar.
treatment from Caecina's soldiers, and for the same
X. De Orationibus, in two letters, addressed reason. (Tac. Hist. i. 20, ii. 26. )
“ Antonino Augusto. "
FRONTO, OCTAVIUS, a contemporary of
XI. Epistolae ad Antoninum Pium, comprising the emperor Tiberius, had once been invested
in all nine letters, one from Pius to Fronto, four with the praetorship, and in a. D. 16 spoke in the
from Fronto to Pius, one from Fronto to M. Caesar, senate against the great luxury then prevailing.
one from M. Caesar to Fronto ; together with two (Tac. Ann. ii. 33. )
[L. S. ]
of which the addresses are doubtful.
FRONTO, PAPI'RIUS, a jurist, who pro-
XII. Epistolarum ad Amicos Libri II. , com- bably lived about the time of Antoninus Pius, or
prising in all thirty-seven letters, the whole written rather earlier, for he is cited by Marcianus (who
by Fronto, with the exception of one from Appian lived under Antoninus and several succeeding
the historian, which, as well as the reply of Fronto, emperors), as if he were an elder contemporary :
is in Greek.
“Peculium nascitur, crescit, decrescit, moritur, et
XIII. Principia Historiae. A mutilated frag- ideo eleganter Papirius Fronto dicebat, peculium
simile esse homini. " (Dig. 15. tit. 1. s. 40. pr. )
XIV. Laudes Fumi et Pulveris, and XV. Laudes He published Responsa (Dig. 14. tit. 2. 5. 4. § 2.
Negligentiae. Two dull scraps of paradoxical plea- fin. ); and a third book of this work is cited by
santry, on the former of which at least the author Callistratus. (Dig. 50. tit. 16. s. 220. $ 1. ) In
seems to have prided himself (De Feriis Als. 3. ) Dig. 30. s. 114. $ 7, an opinion in which Fronto
XVI. Fragmenta, collected from various agrees with Scaevola is approved of by Marcianus.
It is not likely that the Decreta Frontiana upon
XVII. De Differentiis Vocabulorum,
which Aristo wrote, or on which Aristo was cited
Allusions are contained in the above and in the (Dig. 29. tit. 2. s. ult. ), had any connection with
Latin grammarians to several works by Fronto, of the jurist Fronto ; nor are there sufficient grounds
which 110 trace remains. A catalogue of these, as for the identification of the jurist, or the establish-
well as of the works erroneously ascribed to this ment of his relationship, with any of the Frontones
Fronto, will be found in the cdition of Niebuhr, who are known to have lived about the age of the
noticed below.
Antonines. (Maiansius, ad XXX. Iciorum Frag.
The Editio Princeps of the newly found remains Com. vol. ii. p. 256–263. ) (J. T. G. )
was printed at Milan in two volumes, 8vo. 1815 ; FRONTO, VI'BIUS, served as commander of
was reprinted verbatim at Frankfort in 1816; and the cavalry under Pomponius Flaccus in B. c. 19,
with important improvements and commentaries and conquered king Vonones on the river Pyramus.
by Niebuhr, Ph. Buttmann, and Heindorf, 8vo. (Tac. Ann. ii. 68. )
(L. S. )
Berol. 1816. Of the Roman edition of 1823 we FRUGI, a surname of L. Calpurnius Piso,
have spoken above ; the new pieces that appeared consul in B. c. 133, and also borne by some of his
in that edition were republished (Cellis, 1832,) as descendants. [Piso. )
a supplemental volume to the Milan, Frankfort, FUʻFIA GENS, plebeian, has been frequently
and Berlin editions. A translation of the latter, confounded, both in MSS. and by the earlier
by Armand Cassan, with the Latin text “en re- scholars, with a Fusia gens, which did not exist,
gard " appeared at Paris, 2 vols. 8vo. , 1830. at least during the latter period of the republic,
The De Differentiis Vocabulorum was first and is only the ancient form of the name of the
printed in the “Grammatici Illustres XII. ” fol. / Furia gens. The Fufii do not occur in history
ment.
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186
FUFIDIUS.
FULCINIUS.
a
until the seventh century of the city ; and their | inference is not conclusive, for the question on
only cognomens are Calenus and GEMINUS, the which Nerva differed from Fufidius may have been
former of which is probably derived from the town disputed in the schools, and the opinion subse-
of Cales in Campania. It is not improbable that quently selected by Fufidius may have been con-
the whole Fufa gens originally came from Cam- troverted by Nerva before Fufidius wrote. In the
pania
[L. S. ] passage in question, which relates to manumissions,
FUFI'CIUS FANGO. [Fango. )
Fufidius speaks of a causa probationis, and therefore
FUFI'DIUS. 1. L. FUFIDIUS, a pleader of Maiansius concludes that he wrote after the date
causes in some repute at Rome, about B. c. 115--of the Lex Aelia Sentia, which was passed in the
105. M. Aemilius Scaurus the elder addressed beginning of the reign of Augustus. (Compare
to him an autobiography in three books. (Cic. Gaius, i. 18, 38, 39, 40. ) In the Institutes of
Brut. 30 ; Plin. H. N. xxiii. 1. 6. 6. )
Gaius (ii. 154), occurs the ambiguous expression,
2. FUFIDIUS, propractor of Baetica in the first “ Quamquam apud Fufidium Sulino placeat. ” Un-
year of the Sertorian war. Sertorius defeated him der Ferox (Ferox) we have endeavoured to ex-
in B. c. 83 or 82. (Sall. Fragm. i. 15, 52, ed. plain the meaning of this expression. It seems to
Gerlach, vol. i. ) In the speech which Sallust imply that a work passing under the name of Fufi-
ascribes to M. Aemilius Lepidus against Sulla, dius, conuins an opinion of Sabinus, but it does
Fufidius is called "a base slave-girl, the dishonour not enable us to determine whether the work ex-
of the honours" which Sulla conferred on him. hibited Fufidius as commenting upon or citing
(Fragm. xv. p. 218. ) In Florus (iii. 21) Furfi- Sabinus, or whether it was an original treatise of
dius, who admonished Sulla, during the proscrip- Fufidius, with notes by Sabinus. In Dig. 42. tit.
tion, “ to spare some that he might have some to 5. s.
29, Fufidius is quoted by Paulus on a nice
rule," was probably Fufidius, and in Plutarch (Sull. question :- When a man in whose honour a public
31, comp. id. Sert. 25, 27), for Aufidius, a flatterer statue has been erected becomes insolvent, does the
of Sulla, to whom somewhat similar advice is ownership of the statue pass under a sale of his
attributed, should be read, according to Sintenis, goods for the benefit of his creditors ?
the last editor of Plutarch, Fufidius.
Cujas (Observ. i. 9) claims the honour of haring
9. Fufidius, a Roman Eques, whom L. Piso, been the first to rescue the name of this jurist from
when proconsul of Macedonia, assigned to his cre- obscurity, and is inclined to identify him with the
ditors at Apollonia. (Cic. in Pison. 35. ) According L. Fufidius mentioned above (No. 1), but this L.
to Cicero, this assignment was the more shameful, Fufidius was certainly earlier than our jurist.
because these very Apolloniates had procured by a (Maiansius, ad XXX Ictorum Frag. Comment. vol.
bribe of 200 talents to Piso remission or delay of ii. p. 273–287. )
(J. T. G. )
their own debts. Cicero (ad Att. xi. 13. ) speaks FUFI'TIUS, an architect, was the first Ronan
of co-heirs of Fufidius, and of a Fufidian estate (ib. writer on architecture. (Vitruv, vii. 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
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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.
VI. De Feriis Alsiensibus. Four epistles, two FRONTO, JU'LIUS, is mentioned as the pre-
from M. Aurelius, now emperor, to Fronto; two fectus vigilum at the accession of Galba, A. 1. 68,
from Fronto to M. Aurelius, containing some allu- who deprived him of this office. He was probably
sions to certain festivities at Alsium.
restored to his office by Otho, when the latter ob.
VII. De Nepote Amisso. A short note of con- tained the supreme power, A. D. 69, for we find
dolence from M. Aurelius to Fronto on the loss of him serving as tribune in Otho's army in the cam.
a grandson, the child of his daughter and Aufidius paign against Caecina, the general of Vitellius.
Victorinius, with a reply at some length by Fronto. His brother, Julius Gratus, was praefect of the camp
VIII. Arion. Apparently a brief rhetorical in Caecina's army, and Galba's soldiers, suspecting
exercise upon this legend.
that Julius Fronto meditated treachery, put him in
IX. De Eloquentia. A fragment addressed to chains. His brother Gratus met with the same
M. Caesar.
treatment from Caecina's soldiers, and for the same
X. De Orationibus, in two letters, addressed reason. (Tac. Hist. i. 20, ii. 26. )
“ Antonino Augusto. "
FRONTO, OCTAVIUS, a contemporary of
XI. Epistolae ad Antoninum Pium, comprising the emperor Tiberius, had once been invested
in all nine letters, one from Pius to Fronto, four with the praetorship, and in a. D. 16 spoke in the
from Fronto to Pius, one from Fronto to M. Caesar, senate against the great luxury then prevailing.
one from M. Caesar to Fronto ; together with two (Tac. Ann. ii. 33. )
[L. S. ]
of which the addresses are doubtful.
FRONTO, PAPI'RIUS, a jurist, who pro-
XII. Epistolarum ad Amicos Libri II. , com- bably lived about the time of Antoninus Pius, or
prising in all thirty-seven letters, the whole written rather earlier, for he is cited by Marcianus (who
by Fronto, with the exception of one from Appian lived under Antoninus and several succeeding
the historian, which, as well as the reply of Fronto, emperors), as if he were an elder contemporary :
is in Greek.
“Peculium nascitur, crescit, decrescit, moritur, et
XIII. Principia Historiae. A mutilated frag- ideo eleganter Papirius Fronto dicebat, peculium
simile esse homini. " (Dig. 15. tit. 1. s. 40. pr. )
XIV. Laudes Fumi et Pulveris, and XV. Laudes He published Responsa (Dig. 14. tit. 2. 5. 4. § 2.
Negligentiae. Two dull scraps of paradoxical plea- fin. ); and a third book of this work is cited by
santry, on the former of which at least the author Callistratus. (Dig. 50. tit. 16. s. 220. $ 1. ) In
seems to have prided himself (De Feriis Als. 3. ) Dig. 30. s. 114. $ 7, an opinion in which Fronto
XVI. Fragmenta, collected from various agrees with Scaevola is approved of by Marcianus.
It is not likely that the Decreta Frontiana upon
XVII. De Differentiis Vocabulorum,
which Aristo wrote, or on which Aristo was cited
Allusions are contained in the above and in the (Dig. 29. tit. 2. s. ult. ), had any connection with
Latin grammarians to several works by Fronto, of the jurist Fronto ; nor are there sufficient grounds
which 110 trace remains. A catalogue of these, as for the identification of the jurist, or the establish-
well as of the works erroneously ascribed to this ment of his relationship, with any of the Frontones
Fronto, will be found in the cdition of Niebuhr, who are known to have lived about the age of the
noticed below.
Antonines. (Maiansius, ad XXX. Iciorum Frag.
The Editio Princeps of the newly found remains Com. vol. ii. p. 256–263. ) (J. T. G. )
was printed at Milan in two volumes, 8vo. 1815 ; FRONTO, VI'BIUS, served as commander of
was reprinted verbatim at Frankfort in 1816; and the cavalry under Pomponius Flaccus in B. c. 19,
with important improvements and commentaries and conquered king Vonones on the river Pyramus.
by Niebuhr, Ph. Buttmann, and Heindorf, 8vo. (Tac. Ann. ii. 68. )
(L. S. )
Berol. 1816. Of the Roman edition of 1823 we FRUGI, a surname of L. Calpurnius Piso,
have spoken above ; the new pieces that appeared consul in B. c. 133, and also borne by some of his
in that edition were republished (Cellis, 1832,) as descendants. [Piso. )
a supplemental volume to the Milan, Frankfort, FUʻFIA GENS, plebeian, has been frequently
and Berlin editions. A translation of the latter, confounded, both in MSS. and by the earlier
by Armand Cassan, with the Latin text “en re- scholars, with a Fusia gens, which did not exist,
gard " appeared at Paris, 2 vols. 8vo. , 1830. at least during the latter period of the republic,
The De Differentiis Vocabulorum was first and is only the ancient form of the name of the
printed in the “Grammatici Illustres XII. ” fol. / Furia gens. The Fufii do not occur in history
ment.
lost treasure, och
supposed to be, hand
tense interest among
ations were misrala
tions in question are si
pid in style, and relaz
ay almost sas cales)
e to point out ang puso
ty, of equal extent from
reable or instructive can
ories of short com. BR
so far as ther show the
subsisted througtea 3
zceptor and bis ispera
st exclusively to the past
sources.
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ences, totally destitute of
or substance,
Roman edition of 1823 18
Carcam Cacsares Lorir
as before his accessione com
, of which 65 are fres de
from Fronto to the Csesar
,
Fronto to Domitia Cara
:, ode (a fragtsent) in Com
ersonage, and one piece i
be considerrd ratbe in the
mitation of Lssias and Pass
roperly speaking
. The bo
re notes, 59 in pomber, men
ing one or two lines, sacé a
you love me at ali, sleep deen
you may come into the team
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186
FUFIDIUS.
FULCINIUS.
a
until the seventh century of the city ; and their | inference is not conclusive, for the question on
only cognomens are Calenus and GEMINUS, the which Nerva differed from Fufidius may have been
former of which is probably derived from the town disputed in the schools, and the opinion subse-
of Cales in Campania. It is not improbable that quently selected by Fufidius may have been con-
the whole Fufa gens originally came from Cam- troverted by Nerva before Fufidius wrote. In the
pania
[L. S. ] passage in question, which relates to manumissions,
FUFI'CIUS FANGO. [Fango. )
Fufidius speaks of a causa probationis, and therefore
FUFI'DIUS. 1. L. FUFIDIUS, a pleader of Maiansius concludes that he wrote after the date
causes in some repute at Rome, about B. c. 115--of the Lex Aelia Sentia, which was passed in the
105. M. Aemilius Scaurus the elder addressed beginning of the reign of Augustus. (Compare
to him an autobiography in three books. (Cic. Gaius, i. 18, 38, 39, 40. ) In the Institutes of
Brut. 30 ; Plin. H. N. xxiii. 1. 6. 6. )
Gaius (ii. 154), occurs the ambiguous expression,
2. FUFIDIUS, propractor of Baetica in the first “ Quamquam apud Fufidium Sulino placeat. ” Un-
year of the Sertorian war. Sertorius defeated him der Ferox (Ferox) we have endeavoured to ex-
in B. c. 83 or 82. (Sall. Fragm. i. 15, 52, ed. plain the meaning of this expression. It seems to
Gerlach, vol. i. ) In the speech which Sallust imply that a work passing under the name of Fufi-
ascribes to M. Aemilius Lepidus against Sulla, dius, conuins an opinion of Sabinus, but it does
Fufidius is called "a base slave-girl, the dishonour not enable us to determine whether the work ex-
of the honours" which Sulla conferred on him. hibited Fufidius as commenting upon or citing
(Fragm. xv. p. 218. ) In Florus (iii. 21) Furfi- Sabinus, or whether it was an original treatise of
dius, who admonished Sulla, during the proscrip- Fufidius, with notes by Sabinus. In Dig. 42. tit.
tion, “ to spare some that he might have some to 5. s.
29, Fufidius is quoted by Paulus on a nice
rule," was probably Fufidius, and in Plutarch (Sull. question :- When a man in whose honour a public
31, comp. id. Sert. 25, 27), for Aufidius, a flatterer statue has been erected becomes insolvent, does the
of Sulla, to whom somewhat similar advice is ownership of the statue pass under a sale of his
attributed, should be read, according to Sintenis, goods for the benefit of his creditors ?
the last editor of Plutarch, Fufidius.
Cujas (Observ. i. 9) claims the honour of haring
9. Fufidius, a Roman Eques, whom L. Piso, been the first to rescue the name of this jurist from
when proconsul of Macedonia, assigned to his cre- obscurity, and is inclined to identify him with the
ditors at Apollonia. (Cic. in Pison. 35. ) According L. Fufidius mentioned above (No. 1), but this L.
to Cicero, this assignment was the more shameful, Fufidius was certainly earlier than our jurist.
because these very Apolloniates had procured by a (Maiansius, ad XXX Ictorum Frag. Comment. vol.
bribe of 200 talents to Piso remission or delay of ii. p. 273–287. )
(J. T. G. )
their own debts. Cicero (ad Att. xi. 13. ) speaks FUFI'TIUS, an architect, was the first Ronan
of co-heirs of Fufidius, and of a Fufidian estate (ib. writer on architecture. (Vitruv, vii. 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
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FULCINIUS.
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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.
