School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . y bore in arrange-ment to the sacred calendars, denominatedfasti; and hence this word is used, espe-cially by the poets, in the general sense ofhistorical records. In prose writers fasti iscommonly employed as the technical termfor the registers of consuls, dictators, cen-sors, and other jnagistrates, which formedpart of the public archives. Some mostimportant fasti belonging to this class,executed probably at the beginning ofthe reign of Tiberius, have been partiallypreseived, and are deposited in the capitolin Rome, where they are known by t
School dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities . y bore in arrange-ment to the sacred calendars, denominatedfasti; and hence this word is used, espe-cially by the poets, in the general sense ofhistorical records. In prose writers fasti iscommonly employed as the technical termfor the registers of consuls, dictators, cen-sors, and other jnagistrates, which formedpart of the public archives. Some mostimportant fasti belonging to this class,executed probably at the beginning ofthe reign of Tiberius, have been partiallypreseived, and are deposited in the capitolin Rome, where they are known by the nameof the Fasti Capitolini. FASTIGIUM. An ancient Greek orRoman temple, of rectangular construction,is terminated at its upper extremity by atriangular figure, both in front and rear,which rests upon the cornice of the entabla-ture as a base, and has its sides formed bythe cornices which terminate the roof. Tliewhole of this triangle above the trabeationis implied in the term fast ipium, called ahufiaby the Greeks, pediment by our i^ailGlUil. The dwelling-houses of the RomaKS hadno gable ends ; consequently when the wordis applied to them, it is not in its strictlytechnical sense, but designates the roofsimply, and is to be understood of onp1 3 174 FENUS. which rises to an apex, as distinguished froma flat one. The fastigium, properly socalled, was appropriated to the temples of thegods ; therefore, when th j Romans began tobestow divine honours upon Julius Caeesar,amongst other privileges which they decreedto him, was the liberty of erecting a fastigiumto his house, that is, a portico and pedimenttowards the street, like that of a temple. FECIALES. [Fetiales.] FENESTRA. [Domus.] FENUS or FOENUS (tSkos), interestof money. I. Greek. At Athens therewas no restriction upon the rate of rate might be expressed or representedin two different ways: (1.) by the numberof oboli or drachmae paid by the month forevery mina; (2) by the part of the prin-cipal (rh
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