FORTUNA, fOr4/V-1/a, called TVCHE, by the Greeks, daughter of Oceanus or of the Parcae, the goddess of fortune, conferred riches and poverty, blessings and pains. At Rome he received particular atter tion, and had eight temples, the first being erected by Tullus Hostilius. Her most famous temples in Italy were at Antium, where offerings were sent from every part of the country, and at Prm neste. The Romans worshipped her under d ifferent names—DIilliebris,Vtrilis,Equestris, Mfila, Virgo, &c. ; on 1st April the widows and marriageable virgins had a festival in the temple of Fortuna Virilis. Fortune is generally represented with the horn of plenty, blind folded, and holding a wheel as the emblem of inconstancy.
FoieruNATA3 INSULAZ, for-tfi-rid'-/re id supposed to be the Canary and Ma deira isles in the Atlantic, west of Mauritania : they were believed to be the seats of the souls of the virtuous, where the air was wholesome and temperate, and the earth, without toil, produced various fruits in abundance.
FoRuLt, for'-a/-i, a town of Samnium. FORUM, fdr'-urn. 1. Apwi, a town of La tium, on the Apia via. 2. -.4Ugus'ti, a place
at Rome. 3. Allie'ni, a town of Gallia Cisal pina. 4. Anzelii, a town of Etruria. 5. Clazi dii, a town of Etruria. 6. Corneiii, a town of Cispadane Gaul. 7. Domit'li, a town of Gaul, in Languedoc. 8. Vocon'tii, a town of Gallia Narbonensis. g. Le,eidi, a town of Gallia Cispadana. to. Pogelii, a coast town south of Ravenna. IL Fkinzhal, a town of Umbria. 12. Ca/arum, a town of Gallia Togata. 13. Or For'ojuliedsis urbs, a town of Venetia. 14. Yrigium, a town of Gallia Narbonensis. r5. Lebnerunt, a town of In subria. 16. Sentfrenti, a town of Umbria. —Many places, market-towns or the seat of a court (forum vel conventus), were known as conventus or fora.
FossA, fosi-sa. s. Drfi'si, or Dmisizena, a canal eight miles long, made 11 B.C., from the Rhine to the Issel, belovi the separation of the Waal, by Drusus. 2. Mardzend, a canal cut by Marius, in the Cimbric war, from the Rhone to Marseilles. 3. Cluelia, a trench five miles from Rome, dug by King Cluilius when he encamped against King Tullus Hos tilius.