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:140 FAUSTA. FAUSTINA.
p. 10, &c. Brunsvig. 1832), that the oration on nobles who supplicated the judges on behalf of
Corinth, commonly printed among those of Dion Scaurus in B. C. 54. After being divorced by her
Chrysostomus, is the work of Favorinus. The first husband, she married, towards the latter end
following are the titles of the principal works.of B. C. 55, T. Annius Milo, and accompanied him
ascribed to him: I. IlEpl'-As Kca7'raXrvruKs',av- on his journey to Lanuvium, when Clodius was
~ratllas, probably consisting of three books, which murdered, B.C. 52. (Plut. Sull. 34; Cic. ad
were dedicated respectively to Hadrian, Dryson, Att. v. 8; Ascon. in Scaur. p. 29, in Milon. p. 33,
and Aristarchus. (Galen, vol. i. p. 6.); 2.'AAKL- ed. Orelli.)
~Laqys. (Galen, iv. p. 367.) 3. A work addressed Fausta was infamous for her adulteries, and the
to Epictetus, which called forth a reply from Galen historian Sallust is said to have been one of her
(iv. p. 367). 4. A work on Socrates, which was paramours, and to have received a severe flogging
likewise attacked by Galen (iv. p. 368). 5. rIAoe- firom Milo, when he was detected on one occasion
rapXos i apel:'riJs'ACac lAiXcius ALaOa9e'as. (Galen, in the house of the latter in the disguise of a slave.
i. p. 6.) 6. Ilept 1lAxcawovos.'(Suidas.) 7. IIepl (Gell. xvii. 18; Serv. ad Virg. Aen. vi. 612.) The
rqOs'Orpov 4LXoaoe)eLas. (Suidas.) 8. nlvpWoveoL "Villius in Fausta Sullae gener" (Hor. Sat. i. 2.
Tp6IroL, in ten books, seems to have been his princi- 64), who was another'of her favourites, was propal work. (Philostr. Vit. Sophl. i. 8. ~ 4; Gell. bably the Sex. Villius who is mentioned by Cicero
xi. 5.) Favorinus in this work showed that the (ad karm. ii. 6.) as a friend of Milo; and the
philosophy of Pyrrhon was useful to those who de- names of two more of her gallants are handed
voted themselves to pleading in the courts of jus- down by Macrobius (Saturn. ii. 2) in a bon mot of
tice. 9. flaV'ro~aar'Io''opia, consisting of at least her brother Faustus.
eight books, probably contained historical, geogra- FAUSTA, FLA'VIA MAXIMIA'NA, the
phical, and other kinds of information. (Diog. daughter of Maximianus Herculius and Eutropia,
Lagrt. iii. 24, viii. 12, 47.) 10.'A7rowy7w ovev'- was married in At. D. 307 to Constantine the Great,
ea'a, of which the third book is quoted. (Diog. to whom she bore Constantinus, Constantius, and
Laert. iii. 40.) 11. rvo1AoxoyotKd. Philostratus Constans. She acquired great influence with her
(comp. Gell. xvii. 12) mentions several orations, husband in consequerice of having saved his life by
but we have no means of judging of their merit. revealing the -treacherous schemes of her father,
Besides the two principal -sources; Philostratus and who, driven to despair by his failure, soon after
Suidas, see J. F. Gregor, Conimentatio de Favorino, died at Tarsus. But although, on this occasion at
Laub. 1755, 4to; Forsmann, Dissertatio de Pavo- least, she appeared in the light of a devoted wife,
rino, Abo, 1789, 4to. she at the same time played the part of a most cruel
2. A follower of Aristotle and the peripatetic stepmother, for, in consequence of her jealous maschool, who is mentioned only by Plutarch (Sym- chinations, Constantine was induced to pit'his son
pos. vii. 10). He is otherwise unknown, but must Crispus to death. When, however, the truth was
at all events be distinguished from Favorinus, the brought to light by Helena, who grieved deeply for
friend of Herodes Atticus. [L. S.] her grandchild, Fausta was shut up in a bath
FAUSTA. Some very rare coins in third brass heated far above the common temperature, and was
are extant bearing upon the obverse a female head, thus suffocated, probably in A.D. 326. Zosimus
with the words FAUSTA N. F.; on the reverse a seems inclined to throw the whole blame in both
star within a wreath of laurel, and below the letters instances on Constantine, whom he accuses as the'TSA. Who this Nobilissima Femina may have hypocritical perpetrator of a double murder, while
-been is quite unknown. Some have imagined that others assign the promiscuous profligacy of the emshe was the first wife of Constantius; but this and press'as the true origin of her destruction, but ill
every other hypothesis hitherto proposed rests reality the time, the causes, and the manner of her
upon pure conjecture. Numismatoligists seem to death are involved in great obscurity in consequence
agree that the medal in question belongs'to the age of the vague and contradictory representations of
of Constantine, and it bears the clearest resemblance our historical authorities. (CoNsTANTINUS, P. 835;
to that struck in honour of the Helena supposed to CRISPus, p. 892; Zosim. ii. 10, 29; Julian, Orat. i;
have been married to Crispus [HELENA]. (Eckhel, Auctor, de l/Iort. persec. 27; Eutrop. x. 2, 4;
vol. viii. p. 118.) In 1823, the coinfigured below Victor. Epit. 40, 41; Philostorg. H. E. ii. 4;
was dug up near Douai. It differs in its details Tillemont, Histoire des Empereurs, vol. iv' art. lxii.
from that described by Eckhel, but evidently be- p.:224, and Notes sur Constantin, xvii; Eckhel,
longs to the same personage. [W. R.] vol. viii. p. 98.) [W. R.]
dictator L. Cornelius Sulla by his fourth wife,
COIN O F FLAVIA MAXIMIANA FAUSTA.
Caecilia Metella, and twin sister of Faustus Cor- COIN OF FLAVIA MAXIMIANA FAUSTA.
nelius Sulla, was born not long before B. C. 88, the FAUSTI'NA. 1. ANNIA GALERIA FAUSTINA,
year in which Sulla obtained his first consulship; commonly distinguished as Fazstina Senior, whose
and she and her brother received the names of descent is given in the genealogical table prefixed
Fausta and Faustus respectively, on account of the to the life of M. AURELIUS, married Antoninus
good fortune of their father. Fausta was first Pius, while he was yet in a private station, and,
married to C. Memmius, and probably at a very when he became emperor, in A. D. 138, received the
early age, as her son, C. Memmius, was one of the title of Augusta. She did not, however, long enjoy