Numerius Fabius Pictor
Numerius Fabius Pictor came from the Roman noble family of the Fabier and was 266 BC. Chr. Consul .
Life
The Triumphal Acts show that Numerius Fabius Pictor was the son of a Gaius Fabius and the grandson of a Marcus Fabius ; therefore he was most likely the son of the artist Gaius Fabius Pictor and younger brother of the consul of the same name from 269 BC. Chr.
Fabius belonged to 273 BC. An embassy to the Egyptian king Ptolemaios II. , Which was led by his older comrade Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges . Fabius became consul in 266 BC. Together with Decimus Junius Pera . Like his counterpart, he was allowed to hold two triumphs , one over the Sassinates and one over the Sallentines and Messapians ; for they had previously fought victorious together against these peoples, which almost represented the conclusion of the expansion of Roman power to all of Italy.
literature
- Friedrich Münzer : Fabius 124 . In: Paulys real encyclopedia of classical antiquity . Vol. VI 2. Stuttgart 1907. Sp. 1836.
Remarks
- ↑ Valerius Maximus 4, 3, 9; Dionysius of Halicarnassus 20, 14.
- ↑ Cassiodorus , Chronicle ; among others
- ^ Acts of Triumph.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Fabius Pictor, Numerius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pictor, Numerius Fabius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman consul 266 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 273 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 266 BC Chr. |