Fanum (noun N) :
* A city in Umbria, on the Adriatic Sea, with a celebrated temple of Fortuna, now Fano, Caes. B. C. 1, 11 fin.; called also Fanum Fortunae,Plin. 3, 14, 19, § 113; Tac. H. 3, 50; Inscr. Orell. 83 and 84; and Colonia Fanestris,Vitr. 2, 9, 16; 5, 1, 6; cf. Inscr. Orell. 1535; 3143; 3969.