Quintus Fabius Maximus Eburnus

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Quintus Fabius Maximus Eburnus came from the Roman patrician family of the Fabians and clad in 116 BC. The consulate .

Life

Quintus Fabius Maximus Eburnus was probably the son of Quintus Fabius Maximus Servilianus (consul 142 BC).

It is uncertain whether Fabius 132 BC. Chr. Quaestor of the consul Publius Rupilius in Sicily and 127 v. Became a mint master . Perhaps because of the unsatisfactory performance of his office as quaestor, he did not arrive until 119 BC. To the praetur and in this function was the chairman of the court for crimes of majesty. Although the widely esteemed Marcus Aemilius Scaurus as a candidate in the consul elections for 116 BC. Had been favored, Fabius surprisingly prevailed against him; his colleague as consul was Gaius Licinius Geta . Probably he then administered as proconsul 115–114 BC. The province of Macedonia . After all, it is questionable whether he or Quintus Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus sent as envoy to Crete and 108 BC. Became censor . Since he had his son executed for unchaste conduct, he was accused by Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo , then convicted and had to face 104 BC. In exile to Nuceria , where he lived for some time.

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Remarks

  1. Valerius Maximus 2, 7, 3.
  2. Cicero , de oratore 1, 121.
  3. ^ Cicero, per L. Murena 36.
  4. Valerius Maximus 6: 1, 5; Orosius 5, 16, 8; Cicero, per L. Balbo 28.