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For the racehorse named Fabius, please see Fabius. See also Laurent Fabius, a French politician, and Fabius River, a river in Missouri.
Fabius Maximus coin, issued under Augustus. The fact that the coin bears the image of Fabius, instead of that of Augustus, shows the friendship between the two of them.
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Fabius Maximus coin, issued under Augustus. The fact that the coin bears the image of Fabius, instead of that of Augustus, shows the friendship between the two of them.

Fabius was the nomen of the gens Fabia of ancient Rome, that derived from the Latin faba for the broad bean, an important food crop in the Roman Empire. The Fabii were one of the several leading patrician families (gentes maiores) of the city. Fabius Maximus Rullianus, five times a consul, was a hero of the Samnite Wars; but even he was eclipsed by the Fabius Maximus who fought against Hannibal in the Second Punic War.

Possible forms:

Fabius, male singular (nominative)
Fabia, female singular (nominative)
Fabii, male plural (nominative)

[edit] Famous members of the gens Fabia

  • Marcus Fabius, consular tribune 373 BC
  • Gaius Fabius N.f. Ambustus, consul 358 BC
  • Marcus Fabius Ambustus - consul
  • Marcus Fabius Ambustus, consular tribune 380 BC
  • Marcus Fabius N.f. Ambustus, consul 360, 356, 354 BC
  • Quintus Fabius Ambustus - official
  • Quintus Fabius Ambustus Vibulanus, consul 412 BC
  • Quintus Fabius Catullinus, consul 130
  • Gaius Fabius M.f. Dorso Licinus, consul 273 BC
  • Marcus Fabius Dorsuo, consul 345 BC
  • Lucius Fabius Iustus - consul
  • Quintus Fabius Q.f. Labeo, consul 183 BC
  • Marcus Fabius C.f. Licinus, consul 246 BC
  • Lucius Papinius Fabius Pacatianus, consul 332
  • Paullus Fabius Persicus, consul 34 AD
  • Gaius Fabius C.f. Pictor, consul 269 BC
  • Numerius Fabius C.f. Pictor, consul 266 BC
  • Quintus Fabius Pictor - senator, historian
  • Fabius Rusticus - historian
  • Fabius Titianus, consul 337
  • Gnaeus (or Numerius) Fabius Vibulanus, consul 421 BC
  • Kaeso Fabius K.f. Vibulanus, consul 484, 481?, 479 BC
  • Lucius Fabius Vibulanus II, consular tribune 414 BC
  • Marcus Fabius K.f. Vibulanus, consul 483, 480 BC
  • Marcus Fabius Q.f. Vibulanus, consul 442 BC
  • Numerius Fabius Vibulanus, consular tribune 415 BC
  • Quintus Fabius Vibulanus, decemvir
  • Quintus Fabius K.f. Vibulanus, consul 485, 482 BC
  • Quintus Fabius M.f. Vibulanus, consul 467, 465, 459 BC
  • Quintus Fabius Q.f. Vibulanus, consul 423 BC
Places named after the Fabius family members:
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