Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges (Consul 292 BC)
Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges was a Roman politician and senator .
Maximus was the son of Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus . He was in 292 and 276 BC. Chr. Consul . His nickname Gurges can be translated as “spendthrift”. Gurges defeated 290 and 276 BC. The Samnites . In 273 BC He headed the legation of Rome, which traveled to Ptolemy II Philadelphus , in order to establish diplomatic relations with the Egyptian Ptolemaic Empire . His son of the same name was born in 265 BC. Chr. Consul.
literature
- Hans Georg Gundel : Fabius II. 36. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 2, Stuttgart 1967, column 493.
Remarks
- ↑ On his years in office, see T. Robert S. Broughton : The Magistrates Of The Roman Republic. Volume 1: 509 BC - 100 BC (= Philological Monographs. Vol. 15, Part 1, ZDB -ID 418575-4 ). American Philological Association, New York NY 1951, pp. 181 f., 195, (Unchanged reprint 1968).
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SURNAME | Fabius Maximus Gurges, Quintus |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gurges, Quintus Fabius Maximus |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman politician and consul |
DATE OF BIRTH | 4th century BC Chr. |
DATE OF DEATH | after 273 BC Chr. |