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For the racehorse named Fabius , please see Fabius. See also Laurent Fabius , a French politician .
Fabius (fem. Fabia ) was the nomen of the gens Fabia ancient Rome . The Fabii were one of the several leading patrician families (gentes maiores ) of the city. Fabius Maximus Rullianus , five times a consul, was a hero of the Samnite Wars ; but even he was eclipsed by the Fabius Maximus who fought against Hannibal in the Second Punic War .
Q. Fabius K.f. Vibulanus, consul 485, 482 BC K. (Caeso?) Fabius K.f. Vibulanus, consul 484, 481?, 479 BC M. Fabius K.f. Vibulanus, consul 483, 480 BC Q. Fabius M.f. Vibulanus, consul 467, 465, 459 BC Q. Fabius Vibulanus, decemvir M. Fabius Q.f. Vibulanus, consul 442 BC Q. Fabius Q.f. Vibulanus, consul 423 BC Cn. (or Num.) Fabius Vibulanus, consul 421 BC N. Fabius Vibulanus, consular tribune 415 BC L. Fabius Vibulanus II, consular tribune 414 BC Q. Fabius Ambustus Vibulanus, consul 412 BC M. Fabius Ambustus, consular tribune 380 BC M. Fabius, consular tribune 373 BC M. Fabius N.f. Ambustus, consul 360, 356, 354 BC C. Fabius N.f. Ambustus, consul 358 BC M. Fabius Dorsuo, consul 345 BC Quintus Fabius Q.f. Maximus Gurges, consul 292, 276 BC C. Fabius M.f. Dorso Licinus, consul 273 BC C. Fabius C.f. Pictor, consul 269 BC N. Fabius C.f. Pictor, consul 266 BC Q. Fabius Q.f. Maximus Gurges, consul 265 BC M. Fabius C.f. Licinus, consul 246 BC Q. Fabius Q.f. Labeo, consul 183 BC Q. Fabius Maximus Servilianus, consul 142 BC Quintus Fabius Maximus Allobrigicus, consul 121 BC Quintus Fabius Maximus Eburnus, consul 116 BC Africanus Fabius Maximus, consul 10 AD Paullus Fabius Persicus, consul 34 AD Q. Fabius Catullinus, consul 130 L. Papinius Fabius Pacatianus, consul 332 Fabius Titianus, consul 337 Places named after the Fabius family members:
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Fabii Planciadis Fulgentii V (36 words)
Fabii Planciadis Fulgentii V. These texts of the Mitologiarum, the Expositio are taken from: R. Helm (ed.), Fabii Planciadis Fulgentii V. C.: Opera, Leipzig: Teubner, 1898. You can download them (68k *.zip file) by clicking here.
The Baldwin Project: Famous Men of Rome by John H. Haaren & A. B. Poland (883 words)
Often afterwards in the Senate the voice of a Fabius was heard speaking for justice to the plebeians. Now the Fabii saw clearly that it would be useless to attempt to fight the nobles, because the nobles had a great deal of power and could do almost whatever they pleased in Rome. Therefore, the Fabii thought that it would be better for them to remove from the city and make a new home for themselves somewhere else.
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