Quintus Fabius Maximus Servilianus

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Quintus Fabius Maximus Servilianus came from the Roman noble family of the Fabier and clad in 142 BC. The consulate .

Quintus Fabius Maximus Servilianus was the son of the consul from 169 BC. BC, Gnaeus Servilius Caepio , and was appointed by the praetor in 181 BC. BC, Quintus Fabius Maximus, adopted. The consul from 145 BC BC, Quintus Fabius Maximus Aemilianus , became his adoptive brother.

Fabius is possibly identical with that senator Quintus Fabius Maximus , who 150 BC Chr. A decision of the Senate not yet intended for publication was passed on to a Roman who did not belong to this political body and was therefore severely reprimanded by the incumbent consuls.

Fabius was born in 142 BC. Elected consul together with Lucius Caecilius Metellus Calvus . Perhaps already in his consulate, at the latest during his position as proconsul since 141 BC. BC, he waged war against the leader of the Lusitans , Viriathus in Spain. The chronology of the long struggles of the Romans against Viriathus became somewhat clearer through the discovery of new fragments of an epitome of the historian Titus Livius in Oxyrhynchos (Egypt) at the beginning of the 20th century and thus the inaccuracies and errors of the most detailed source, Appian to be brightened a little. Accordingly, Fabius fought in 141 BC. With new contingents and with auxiliary troops of the Numidians at first reasonably successful against the Lusitans; Viriathus had to withdraw. Then Fabius conquered a number of difficult-to-localize villages in Baeturia and then in Lusitania itself and also defeated some gang chiefs who spread fear and terror. He punished captured insurgents by cutting off his right hand. 140 BC His brother Quintus Servilius Caepio , who was serving as consul that year, was assigned the task of conducting further warfare against Viriathus, but he was unable to replace Fabius immediately because of long delays in Rome. Since at the same time a successor to the recalled governor of the other province in Spain was not promptly appointed, Fabius temporarily ruled over the entire Iberian Peninsula. However, he now suffered severe setbacks in the fighting against the Lusitans and was in such danger that he had to conclude a general treaty which was very unfavorable for Rome and which practically recognized the sovereignty of the rule of Viriathus and his conquests in southern Spain. Although this peace treaty was accepted by the people in Rome, it was not accepted by Fabius' brother and successor, Quintus Servilius Caepio, due to its unfavorable conditions.

Fabius also held the office of pontiff . He wrote a work consisting of at least twelve books that dealt with sacred law . He also wrote annals , of which only two fragments have survived, dealing with events from the early history of Rome.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Appian , Iberica 67; 70.
  2. ↑ Valerius Maximus 2, 2, 1.
  3. ↑ Fasti Capitolini ; Orosius 5, 4, 8.
  4. ↑ Appian, Iberica 66, Livius, periochae 53a.
  5. ↑ Appian, Iberica 67; Livy, periochae 53; Orosius 5, 4, 12.
  6. ↑ Appian, Iberica 68; Valerius Maximus 2, 7, 11; Frontinus 4, 1, 12; Orosios 5, 4, 12.
  7. ^ Livius, periochae 54a.
  8. ↑ Appian, Iberica 69; Livy, periochae 54; 54a; Diodorus 33, 3, 1f.
  9. ^ Appian, Iberica 69.
  10. ↑ Macrobius , Saturnalia 1, 16, 25.
  11. ^ H. Peter, Historicorum Romanorum Reliquiae I², pp. 117f .; the third fragment quoted there is not from Fabius.
personal data
SURNAME Fabius Maximus Servilianus, Quintus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maximus Servilianus, Quintus Fabius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman consul and general
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 2nd century BC Chr.