Gaius Fannius (Tribune of the People)

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Gaius Fannius is the first member of the Roman plebeian dynasty of the Fannier to be mentioned in ancient sources . He held office in 184 BC. As tribune of the people .

Gaius Fannius is mentioned by the Roman historian Titus Livius in connection with the Scipion Trials. Livius' account of these trials is largely based on the systematically falsified account of the annalist Valerius Antias . This moved Fannius' tribunate to the year 187 BC. And let Quintus Terentius Culleo , who was then officiating praetor and actually a good friend of the Scipions, act as judge in the proceedings against Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus . According to this, Terentius allegedly declared after Scipio's conviction that he would have to have him taken to prison if Scipio did not pay the fine imposed on him by the sentence. Fannius then conferred with the other tribunes of the people and then announced that all of them, with the exception of Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, did not intend to prevent the praetor from proceeding through an intercession. Only Gracchus - although a political enemy of the Scipions - had declared that he would not intercede if the fine were to be collected by selling Scipio's possessions; however, he would not allow Scipio to be incarcerated because of his great services to the republic .

Possibly Gaius Fannius was the father of the consul from 161 BC. BC, Gaius Fannius Strabo , and one around 144 BC. A mint master named Marcus Fannius .

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  1. ↑ Valerius Antias in Livius 38, 55, 1–8 and 38, 60, 1–10; on this Friedrich Münzer : Terentius 43). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VA, 1, Stuttgart 1934, column 653.
  2. ↑ Livy 38:60.
  3. ^ So Friedrich Münzer: Fannius 6). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VI, 2, Stuttgart 1909, Sp. 1987.
personal data
SURNAME Fannius, Gaius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman tribune 184 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH after 184 BC Chr.