Gaius Fabius Ambustus (Consul 358 BC)
Gaius Fabius Ambustus came from the Roman noble family of Fabians and was 358 BC. Chr. Consul .
Life
Gaius Fabius Ambustus, traditions came to the episode 358 BC. Together with Gaius Plautius Proculus to the consulate. Fabius waged war against the Tarquinians , but he was careless and suffered defeat. This was not overly dramatic, but numerous Romans (allegedly 307) were captured, brought to Tarquinii and there executed as sacrifices for the gods. Four years later, the consul Marcus Fabius Ambustus , who was perhaps a brother of the Fabius treated here, took revenge for this by killing numerous aristocratic Tarquinians in Rome after a Roman victory . 356 BC According to the Roman annalist Titus Livius, there were eight interreges to lead the consular elections, whose names the historian Friedrich Münzer considers unhistorical; including a Gaius Fabius is mentioned.
literature
- Friedrich Münzer : Fabius 40 . In: Paulys real encyclopedia of classical antiquity . Vol. VI 2. Stuttgart 1907. Sp. 1752.
Remarks
- ↑ Fasti Capitolini (incomplete name preserved: (… Amb) ustus ); Livy 7, 12, 6 (without cognomen); Diodorus 16, 23, 1 (without cognomen and with the false prenom Marcus ); among others
- ↑ Livy 7:12 , 6; 7, 15, 9f .; perhaps this episode was invented after the famous one of the fall of the Fabier family in the battle of the Cremera (see Kaeso Fabius Vibulanus ).
- ↑ Livy 7:19 , 1-4; Diodorus 16, 45, 8.
- ^ Livy 7:17 , 10-13
- ↑ Münzer (see Lit.), Col. 1753f.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Fabius Ambustus, Gaius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ambustus, Gaius Fabius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman consul 358 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 358 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 358 BC Chr. |