Gaius Fabius Pictor (Consul 269 BC)
Gaius Fabius Pictor came from the Roman noble family of Fabier and was 269 BC. Chr. Consul .
Life
Gaius Fabius Pictor was probably the older son of the Fabier of the same name , who had a temple decorated with frescoes.
269 BC He came to the consulate with Quintus Ogulnius Gallus . Despite a general period of peace in Italy, the gang leader Lollius, who belonged to the Samnite tribe , offered such resistance to the Romans that both consuls should fight him. During the fighting against the gang leader himself, they ran into great danger, but were finally able to conquer his last refuge in the south-east of Bruttium and thus subjugate this region to Rome. In PicenumMeanwhile, another rebellion had arisen, the suppression of which the consuls of the next year could begin. As a novelty, the silver coinage was introduced during their consulate (or at least the corresponding decree).
literature
- Friedrich Münzer : Fabius 123) . In: Paulys real encyclopedia of classical antiquity . Vol. VI 2. Stuttgart 1907. Sp. 1836.
Remarks
- ↑ Eutropius 2:16 ; Zonaras 8, 7; among others
- ↑ Zonaras 8: 7.
- ↑ Eutropius 2, 16.
- ↑ Pliny , Natural History 33, 44 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fabius Pictor, Gaius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pictor, Gaius Fabius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman consul 269 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 269 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd century BC Chr. |