Gaius Fabius Ambustus

For the magister equitum with the same name, see Gaius Fabius Ambustus (magister equitum 315 BC).

Gaius Fabius C. f. M. n. Ambustus was a politician of ancient Rome. He served as consul of the Roman republic in 358 BC, in which year, according to Livy, a dictator was ap­pointed through fear of the Gauls.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Livy, Ab Urbe Condita vii. 12
  2. ^ Smith, William (1867). "Ambustus (8)". In William Smith. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. pp. 141. http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0150.html. 
Preceded by
M. Popillius Laenas and Cn. Manlius Capitolinus Imperiosus		 Consul of the Roman Republic
with Gaius Plautius Proculus
358 BC		 Succeeded by
C. Marcius Rutilus and Cn. Manlius Capitolinus Imperiosus

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870).