fescennia

Updated: June 26, 2025

The Fescennine and Saturnian were the same; for as they were called Saturnian from their ancientness, when Saturn reigned in Italy, they were also called Fescennine, from Fescennia, a town in the same country where they were first practised.

John Dryden - Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry