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FONTUS, ARA

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 (HJ 624; RE vi. 2839; Rosch. i. 1497; WR 221; Walde, Etym. Wert. s.v. Fons; Pais, Fasti Triumph. ii. 478).

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