Fabier

The gens Fabia (Germanized as the plural form Fabier ) was one of the leading patrician families ( gentes maiores ) of ancient Rome . The noun gentile of the family member was Fabius in the masculine form and Fabia in the feminine form .

At the beginning of the 5th century BC The Fabians held the leading position in Rome (according to the legendary tradition). The founder of the family was Kaeso Fabius Vibulanus, whose three sons Quintus, Kaeso and Marcus in the years 485 to 479 BC. Were said to have alternated the consulate . 477 BC According to legend, over 300 members of the family died in the war against the Veii , which led to a temporary loss of importance. In the 4th century BC However, they rose again. Fabius Maximus Rullianus was between 322 and 295 BC. Five times consul and one of the most prominent figures in the Samnite Wars . Even more important was Fabius Maximus Verrucosus , who fought against Hannibal in the Second Punic War .

Significant family members

Essential members of the family are:

• Quintus Fabius Maximus (Allobrogicus) , praetor ,
• Quintus Fabius Pictor , Senator and first Roman historian,
• Fabius Rusticus , historian,
• Marcus Fabius Quintilianus ( Quintilian ) - rhetorician ,
• Q. Fabius Vibulanus , consul 485 and 482 BC Chr.,
• Kaeso Fabius Vibulanus , Consul 484, 481 and 479 BC Chr.,
• M. Fabius Vibulanus , consul 483 and 480 BC Chr.,
• Q. Fabius Vibulanus , Consul 467, 465, and 459 BC BC, Decemvir 450 and 449 BC Chr.,
• M. Fabius Vibulanus , Consul 442 BC Chr.,
• Q. Fabius Vibulanus Ambustus , Consul 423 and 412 BC BC, military tribune 416 and 414 BC Chr.,
• Cn. ( or N.) Fabius Vibulanus, Consul 421 BC BC, military tribune 415 BC Chr.,
• N. Fabius Ambustus , Consular Tribune 406 and 390 BC Chr
• Q. Fabius Ambustus , Consular Tribune 390 BC Chr.
• M. Fabius Ambustus , Military Tribune 381 BC Chr.,
• M. Fabius Ambustus , Consul 360, 356 and 354 BC Chr.,
• C. Fabius Ambustus , Consul 358 BC Chr.,
• M. Fabius Dorsuo , Consul 345 BC Chr.,
• Q. Fabius Maximus Rullianus , dictator , censor , consul 322, 310, 308, 297 and 295 BC Chr.,
• Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges , Consul 292 and 276 BC Chr.,
• C. Fabius Dorso Licinus , Consul 273 BC Chr.,
• C. Fabius Pictor , 304 BC Donor of frescoes for a temple
• C. Fabius Pictor , consul 269 BC Chr.,
• N. Fabius Pictor , Consul 266 BC Chr.,
• Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges , Consul 265 BC Chr.,
• N. Fabius Buteo , Consul 247 BC Chr.
• M. Fabius Licinus , Consul 246 BC Chr.,
• M. Fabius Buteo , Consul 245 BC Chr.,
• Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus , called Cunctator, consul 233, 228, 214, 213 and 209 BC. Chr.,
• Q. Fabius Maximus , son of the Cunctator, consul in 213 BC. Chr.,
• Q. Fabius Labeo , Consul 183 BC Chr.,
• Q. Fabius Maximus Aemilianus , Consul 145 BC Chr.,
• Q. Fabius Maximus Servilianus , Consul 142 BC Chr.,
• Q. Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus , Consul 121 BC Chr.,
• Q. Fabius Maximus Eburnus , Consul 116 BC BC, censor 108 BC Chr.,
• Q. Fabius Maximus , Consul 45 BC Chr.,
• Paullus Fabius Maximus , son of the previous one, consul 11 ​​BC Chr.,
• Africanus Fabius Maximus , brother of the previous one, consul 10 BC. Chr.,
• Paullus Fabius Persicus , Consul 34,
• L. Fabius Iustus, Consul 102,
• Q. Fabius Catullinus, Consul 130,
• L. Fabius Gallus , suffect consul 131
• Q. Fabius Iulianus , suffect consul 131
• L. Fabius Cilo , Consul 193 and 204,
• Fabius Titianus, Consul 337.

reception

Based on the call of Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus to carry out actions only after long deliberation and hesitation, socialist groups in the 19th century gave themselves the name Fabians. These were programmatically shaped on a social and cultural reform path and faced the revolutionaries. The best-known example of such groups, which were rather small and mainly comprised of intellectuals, was the Fabian Society in Great Britain. There were groups of similar importance in New Zealand and Austria (see e.g. Fabier (Vienna) ). Fabians also existed and still exist in many other countries, but they often only have a few members and have little political significance.

Web links

Commons : Gens Fabia  - collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

• Karl-Joachim Hölkeskamp : Myths, monuments and memorial culture: the 'corporate identity' of gens Fabia. In: Jonas Borsch, Olivier Gengler, Mischa Meier (eds.): The world chronicle of Johannes Malalas in the context of late antique memorial culture (= Malalas studies. Volume 3). Franz Steiner, Stuttgart 2019, ISBN 978-3-515-12011-1 , pp. 21–45.
• Jeremiah McCall: Clan Fabius, Defenders of Rome. A History of the Republic's Most Illustrious Family. Pen & Sword, Barnsley 2018, ISBN 978-1-47388-561-5 .
• T. Robert S. Broughton : The Magistrates Of The Roman Republic. Vol. 2: 99 BC - 31 BC (= Philological Monographs. Volume 15, Part 2). Case Western Reserve University Press, Cleveland 1952. Unchanged reprint 1968, pp. 561-564 (complete list of known family members).