Fabius

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For other people, places and things named Fabius, see Fabius (disambiguation).

The family name "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 (such as Fabii Maximi) were one of the several leading patrician families (gentes maiores) of the city. Of all the Roman Patrician families, the Fabii can be considered to have consolidated the most political power in the early Republic.

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 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.
Ambustus, Maximus, Pictor, and Vibulanus were cognomina of Fabii. 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. Last known descendant of the family was Nikephoros III, who ruled Eastern Roman Empire between 1078 and 1081.
Possible forms:
Fabius, male singular (nominative)
Fabia, female singular (nominative)
Fabii, male plural (nominative).

[edit] Members of gens Fabia

Listed below are notable members (alphabetically, by "Fabius" compound names):[1]

  • Marcus Fabius, consular tribune 373 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
  • Africanus Fabius Maximus, consul 10 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
  • 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

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ The Roman names are sorted by compound names of "Fabius" (rather than last name) and so "Quintus Fabius Ambustus Vibulanus" ranks near the top, as a "Fabius-A" name (rather than a "Fabius-V" name, such as "Numerius Fabius Vibulanus" near the bottom).