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Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus – Fandango

Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus

consul 122 B. C.

Fabius

the name of one of the oldest and most famous families of Rome, every member of which was massacred at Cremera, 478 в. c., except QUINTUS FA- BIUS VIBULANUS, who became one of the decemvirate. After him are mentioned

Fabius Ambustus

dictator, 350 B. C.

Fabius Rullianus

to whose name MAXI- MUS was added, twice dictator, conqueror of the Samnites and Etruscans, 323-280 B. C.. FABIUS GURGES, son of the preceding, consul of Rome. FABIUS PICTOR, the first writer of Roman history, 3d century, B. C. FABIUS MAXIMUS VERRUCOSUS, considered the greatest of his family,

Facial Nerve

a nerve of the seventh pair of cranial nerves, a motor nerve which supplies the muscles of expression on either side of the face. Paralysis of this nerve produces facial paralysis.

Failsworth

a city of Lancashire, England. It is on the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway. It has important manufactures of cotton. Pop. about 17,000.

Faioum

or FAYOUM. See FAYUM.

Fair Isle

a small island in the (1910) 5,122; (1920) 7,291.

Fairy Rings

or CIRCLES, rings occasionally observed in pastures, and usually attributed by the peasantry of western Europe to the dancing of the fairies. They are now known to be occasioned by the growth of certain kinds of fungi, which, proceeding outward from a center, render the soil for a time unfitted for the nourishment of grass.

False Demetrius

THE. See DEMETRIUS.

See in the Baltic, separated by narrow

Fan Coral

in zoölogy, the name of the genus Rhipidogorgia, belonging to the family Gorgonidæ.

Fandango

a lively Spanish dance in triple time, derived from the Moors.

It is danced by two persons, male and female, and accompanied by the sounds of the guitar. The dancers have castanets which they beat in time to the measure, though sometimes the male dancer beats a tambourine. Also the accompaniment of this dance.