Fabius Valens

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Fabius Valens († 69 in Urbinum ) was a Roman politician and military man in the 1st century AD.

Fabius came from a knightly family from Anagnia . As a legate of the legio I Germanica in Bonn, Fabius supported the governor of Upper Germany , Lucius Verginius Rufus , in the fight against the rebel Gaius Iulius Vindex . After Galba's usurpation against Emperor Nero, Fabius swore his legion on to the new Emperor Galba. Together with Cornelius Aquinus, a legionary legate, Fabius eliminated the governor of Lower Germany , Fonteius Capito .

Disappointed by Galba, Fabius incited the new governor of Lower Germany, Vitellius , to rise to the throne. On January 2, 69, Fabius welcomed Vitellius as emperor in Cologne. He appointed Fabius and Aulus Caecina Alienus to command his two army columns, which invaded Italy and won the battle of Bedriacum after Galba's murder against the new emperor Otho .

In Lugdunum Fabius was honored by Vitellius and moved with him to Rome. There Fabius was designated consul in 69 and was appointed suffect consul in the same year . Fabius was also a military leader for the war against the followers of Vespasian , but he was captured on the sea voyage to the Gallia Narbonensis and executed in Urbinum.

literature

  • Rudolf Hanslik: Fabius II 13. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 5, Stuttgart 1975, Col. 497 f.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Tacitus , Historien 3,62,2.
  2. ↑ Tacitus, Historien 1,7,3.
  3. ↑ Tacitus, Historien 1,52,3.
  4. ↑ Tacitus, Historien 1,61,1.
  5. ↑ Tacitus, Historien 2,41-45.
  6. ↑ Tacitus, Historien 2,59,3.
  7. ↑ Tacitus, Historien 2,71,2.
  8. ↑ Tacitus, Historien 2.99; 3.43; 3.62.
personal data
SURNAME Fabius Valens
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Valens, Fabius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman suffect consul 69 and military
DATE OF BIRTH 1st century BC BC or 1st century
DATE OF DEATH 69
Place of death Urbinum