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FLORA—FONS MUSCOSUS
Aventine at the west end of the circus Maximus (Fast. Allif. ad Id. Aug. ;
cf. CIL xv. 7172), probably on the Clivus Publicius (q.v.), which was
built by the same aediles (HJ 118; RE vi. 2748; Merlin 95, 30 · cf.
Ad To(n)sores).
Flora, templum : a temple of Flora on the slope of the Quirinal (Varro,
LL v. 158 ; Mart. v. 22. 4 ; vi. 27 ; Vitr. vii. 9. 4), undoubtedly on the
site previously occupied by an altar that was said to have been erected
by Titus Titius to the Sabine Flora (Varro, LL v. 74). Nothing is known
of the date of erection of this temple, or of its history, except that it was
standing in the fourth century (Not. Reg. VI). The site is not certain, but
we are told that a clivus led up to the Capitolium Vetus (q.v.) from it,
and that it was not far from the temple of Quirinus. It is claimed that
two sites conform to the statement, one outside the Servian wall at the
foot of the Quirinal, near the Piazza Barberini, and the other just below
the Capitolium vetus, between it and the street ad Malum Punicum, the
modern Via delle Quattro Fontane (HJ 412 ; RE vi. 2747).
Fontus or Fons, ara : an altar of the god Fontus or Fons on the Janiculum
(Cic. de leg. ii. 56), near the burial place of Numa. Its exact site is, of course,
unknown (FIJ 624 ; RE vi. 2839 ; Rosch. i. 1497 > WR 221 ; Walde,
Etym. Wort. s.v. Fons ; Pais, Fasti Triumph, ii. 478).
Fons Apollinis : mentioned only by Frontinus (de aq. i. 4) as peculiarly
wholesome. Its site is unknown (cf. LA 225 ; HJ 206).
Fons Camenarum : see Camenae.
Fons Cati : see Cati Fons.
Fons, Delubrum : a shrine dedicated in 231 b.c. by Cn. Papirius Maso
from the booty that he had taken in Corsica (Cic. de nat. deor. iii. 52).
Its site was probably just outside the porta Fontinalis in the extreme
southern part of the campus Martius (cf. a fragment of the calendar found
on the Esquiline in 1894, CIL vi. 32493, pr. Id. Oct. :1 Fonti extra p . . .,
probably to be completed portam Fontinalem, and Fest. 85 : Fonti-
nalia fontium sacra unde et Romae Fontinalis porta ; HJ 483-484 ;
RE vi. 2839 ; DE iii. 181).
Fons Iuturnae : see Lacus Iuturnae.
Fons Lollianus : a spring somewhere on the western slope of the Caelian,
known only from an inscription (CIL vi. 161 ; cf. HJ 206; LA 235;
LS iii. 206 ; CIL vi. 30705).
Fons Muscosus : mentioned only in Plutarch (de fort. Rom. 10 : μουσκωσα
καλούμενη κρήνη}. It may have been in the forum Boarium (WR 257) ;
see Fortuna Virgo.
1 This date is incorrect ; other calendars record the Fontinalia on the 13th (cf. Fast.
Ant. in NS 1921, 116).
FLORA—FONS MUSCOSUS
Aventine at the west end of the circus Maximus (Fast. Allif. ad Id. Aug. ;
cf. CIL xv. 7172), probably on the Clivus Publicius (q.v.), which was
built by the same aediles (HJ 118; RE vi. 2748; Merlin 95, 30 · cf.
Ad To(n)sores).
Flora, templum : a temple of Flora on the slope of the Quirinal (Varro,
LL v. 158 ; Mart. v. 22. 4 ; vi. 27 ; Vitr. vii. 9. 4), undoubtedly on the
site previously occupied by an altar that was said to have been erected
by Titus Titius to the Sabine Flora (Varro, LL v. 74). Nothing is known
of the date of erection of this temple, or of its history, except that it was
standing in the fourth century (Not. Reg. VI). The site is not certain, but
we are told that a clivus led up to the Capitolium Vetus (q.v.) from it,
and that it was not far from the temple of Quirinus. It is claimed that
two sites conform to the statement, one outside the Servian wall at the
foot of the Quirinal, near the Piazza Barberini, and the other just below
the Capitolium vetus, between it and the street ad Malum Punicum, the
modern Via delle Quattro Fontane (HJ 412 ; RE vi. 2747).
Fontus or Fons, ara : an altar of the god Fontus or Fons on the Janiculum
(Cic. de leg. ii. 56), near the burial place of Numa. Its exact site is, of course,
unknown (FIJ 624 ; RE vi. 2839 ; Rosch. i. 1497 > WR 221 ; Walde,
Etym. Wort. s.v. Fons ; Pais, Fasti Triumph, ii. 478).
Fons Apollinis : mentioned only by Frontinus (de aq. i. 4) as peculiarly
wholesome. Its site is unknown (cf. LA 225 ; HJ 206).
Fons Camenarum : see Camenae.
Fons Cati : see Cati Fons.
Fons, Delubrum : a shrine dedicated in 231 b.c. by Cn. Papirius Maso
from the booty that he had taken in Corsica (Cic. de nat. deor. iii. 52).
Its site was probably just outside the porta Fontinalis in the extreme
southern part of the campus Martius (cf. a fragment of the calendar found
on the Esquiline in 1894, CIL vi. 32493, pr. Id. Oct. :1 Fonti extra p . . .,
probably to be completed portam Fontinalem, and Fest. 85 : Fonti-
nalia fontium sacra unde et Romae Fontinalis porta ; HJ 483-484 ;
RE vi. 2839 ; DE iii. 181).
Fons Iuturnae : see Lacus Iuturnae.
Fons Lollianus : a spring somewhere on the western slope of the Caelian,
known only from an inscription (CIL vi. 161 ; cf. HJ 206; LA 235;
LS iii. 206 ; CIL vi. 30705).
Fons Muscosus : mentioned only in Plutarch (de fort. Rom. 10 : μουσκωσα
καλούμενη κρήνη}. It may have been in the forum Boarium (WR 257) ;
see Fortuna Virgo.
1 This date is incorrect ; other calendars record the Fontinalia on the 13th (cf. Fast.
Ant. in NS 1921, 116).