=Firuz= (Pheroces, 457-484), Sassanian king, persecutes the Jews, =2=, 628-30; =3=, 1. persecutes the Jews of Ispahan, =2=, 629. closes the Jewish schools, =2=, 629. forces Magianism upon Jews, =2=, 629. death of, =2=, 630. =Firuz-Shabur= (Anbar), important Babylonian town, =2=, 505. the Jews of, in the war between Julian the Apostate and Shabur II, =2=, 601. academy opened at, =3=, 8, 9. taken by Ali, =3=, 90. =Fiscus Judaicus=, tax instituted by Vespasian, =2=, 316. extorted from the Jews, =2=, 332. _See_ Tax. “=Five Evidences= of the Faith,” Sabbatian work, =5=, 162. =Flaccus=, prætor in Asia Minor, seizes upon the votive offerings in the Temple, =2=, 68. defended by Cicero, =2=, 68-70. =Flaccus, Pomponius=, governor of Syria, Agrippa I courtier of, =2=, 175. tool of the Alexandrians, =2=, 181. deprives Judæans of Alexandrian citizenship, =1=, 182. deposed, =2=, 183. =Flagellants=, the, in Hanover, =4=, 111. under Vincent Ferrer, =4=, 201. condemned by the Council of Constance, =4=, 217. =Flanders=, Spanish spoken in, by the exiles, =4=, 387. Portuguese Marranos imprisoned in, =4=, 509. =Flavian house=, the, and the Jews, =2=, 388. =Flavio Jacopo de Evora=, on Amatus Lusitanus, =4=, 610. =Flavius Josephus.= _See_ Joseph ben Matthias. =Florence=, commerce of, in the fifteenth century, =4=, 285. Elias del Medigo lectures on philosophy at, =4=, 291. the Jews of, protected against Bernardinus of Feltre, =4=, 297. the Marranos of, not molested, =4=, 500. the Portuguese Jews of, wealthy, =5=, 205. =Florentin, Solomon=, Talmudist, supporter of Jacob Querido, =5=, 210. =Florus, Gessius= (64-66), last procurator of Judæa, rapacity and profligacy of, =2=, 249-50. favors the Sicarii, =2=, 250. bribed by the Judæans of Cæsarea, =2=, 252-3. imprisons Judæan deputies, =2=, 253. demands a part of the Temple treasures, =2=, 253. in Jerusalem, =2=, 253-4. plunders the upper town, =2=, 254. appealed to by Berenice, =2=, 254. demands a friendly reception for his troops, =2=, 254. troops of, attack the Temple, =2=, 255. leaves Jerusalem, =2=, 255. Jerusalem rebellious towards, =2=, 258. refuses to aid the Peace party, =2=, 259. refrains from interference between the Zealots and the Roman garrison in Jerusalem, =2=, 261-2. enslaves the Judæans in Cæsarea, =2=, 262. accused before Nero, =2=, 268. =Fons Vitæ=, philosophical work by Solomon Ibn-Gebirol, =3=, 270-1. _See_ “Fountain of Life, The.” =Fonseca Pinto y Pimentel, Sarah de=, Jewish poetess, =5=, 203. =Fontaine, de=, Countess, owns the Jews of Metz, =5=, 348, 446. =Fontanes=, reactionary influence of, =5=, 477, 479. “=Fool’s Voice=, The,” by Leo Modena, =5=, 73. =Forli=, Hillel of Verona in, =3=, 629. synod at, =4=, 218.