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Favonius
In Roman mythology, Favonius ("favorable") held dominion over plants and flowers. He was generally equated with the Greek Zephyrus.
Favonius was also a Roman nomen.
- Marcus Favonius[?], praetor 49 BC
- Favonius Eulogius, rhetor[?] of Carthage contemporary with Saint Augustine, wrote a Disputatio de somnio Scipionis
- Marcus Favonius Facilis, a centurion of Legion XX[?] who died in Britain and whose tombstone is displayed in Colchester museum Photo of tombstone (http://www.resource.gov.uk/action/designation/40_01_colc.asp)
No doubt inspired by the tombstone, the computer game Dark Ages of Camelot[?] features a powerful undead monster named Favonius Facilis.
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