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Festus by this word under∣stands Cisterns to keep water in. But the Favissae in the Capitol were Cellars under ground, or dry Cisterns, where they laid up old decay'd Statues, and other things that were grown out of use. Favissae, locum sic ap∣pellabant in quo erat aqua inclusa circa templa;
sunt autem qui putant Favissas esse in Capitolio cel∣lis cisternisque similes, ubi reponi erant solita ea qua in templo vetustate erant facta inutilia. Aulus Gel. l. 2. c. 10. tells us, that Servius Sulpitius a Law∣yer, wrote to Marcus Varro, to inquire of him, what was the meaning of these words Favissae Capitolinae, which he had observed in the Books of Censors, but was not able to understand them. Varro sent him word, that he remem∣bred that Q. Catulus, to whom the care of repairing the Capitol was committed, having a mind to lower the ground that was about the place, could not perform it because of the Favissae, which were like dry Cisterns, where they laid up old Statues and broken Vessels, and other things appointed for the service of the Temple, Id esse cellas quasdam & essternas, quae in areâ sub terrâ essent, ubi reponi solerent signa vetcra quae in eo Templo collapsa essent.