. sbeing especially the rural community or pagus. FAUSTINA Hence his guardianship of country life andpursuits, and of herds (Ov. Fast. ii. 361: i. 4, 12, i. 17, iii. 18, 12). It is probable,though not certain, that the name Lupebcus,which belongs to him means the averter ofthe wolf (from the flocks). The Lupervalia, inwhich Faunus was worshipped (Diet, of v.) were therefore at once a purification bywhich evil influences were scourged away andan offering for the increase of the , like other deities of the
. sbeing especially the rural community or pagus. FAUSTINA Hence his guardianship of country life andpursuits, and of herds (Ov. Fast. ii. 361: i. 4, 12, i. 17, iii. 18, 12). It is probable,though not certain, that the name Lupebcus,which belongs to him means the averter ofthe wolf (from the flocks). The Lupervalia, inwhich Faunus was worshipped (Diet, of v.) were therefore at once a purification bywhich evil influences were scourged away andan offering for the increase of the , like other deities of the earth, had alsoprophetic powers, conveyed sometimes bymysterious voices from hills or woods, some-times by visions in sleep (Dionys. v. 16 ; Liv-ii. 7; Cic. Div. i. 101; Verg. Aen. vii. 82; iv. 649). The true Italian representationof Faunus was probably as a man of middle age,bearded, and with a Jupiter type of head,wearing a goat-skin over the shoulders andbearing a staff or club in one hand and a hornin the other. The more familiar type is due to. A Faun, Irom an ancient gem Gori, Gem. Ant. Flor.) the Greek influence which identified Faunuswith Pan, and imagined a plurality of Fauns,represented as Satyrs. Fausta. 1. Cornelia, daughter of the dic-tator Sulla, and twin sister of Faustus Sulla,was born about 88. She was first marriedto C. Memmius, and afterwards to Milo. Shewas infamous for her adulteries, and Villius wasone of her paramours, whence Horace calls him Sullae gener (Sat. i. 64).—2. Flavla Maxi-miana, daughter of Maximianus, and wife ofConstantine the Great, to whom she boreConstantinus, Constantius, and Constans. Faustina. 1. Annia Galeria, commonly dis-tinguished as Faustina Senior, the wife ofAntoninus Pius, died in the third year of hisreign, 141. Notwithstanding the profligacyof her life, her husband loaded her withhonours both before and after her decease. Itwas in honour of her that Antoninus establisheda hospital for the education and s
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