Quintus Fabius Vibulanus

Quintus Fabius Vibulanus, also called "Quinctius", son of Marcus Fabius Vibulanus (consul 483 BC), was consul of the Roman Republic and one of the second set of decemviri.

Biography

According to Livy, Quinctius was the only male to escape the slaughter of his gens at the Battle of the Cremera in 477 BC, since he was too young to be sent to war.

He was consul of the Roman Republic three times:

  1. 467 BC, with Tiberius Aemilius L.f. Mamercinus (Mamercus)
  2. 465 BC, with Titus Quinctius L.f. Capitolinus Barbatus
  3. 459 BC, with Lucius Cornelius Ser.f. Maluginensis Uritus (Cossus)

During his third consulate, he besieged Antium and helped the Tusculans to rescue their city, which was occupied by the Aequi. In the end, he attacked the Aequi fleeing from Tusculum, killing many of them near Mons Algidus.

In 450 BC, Appius Claudius named him one of the second set of decemviri, ten men given absolute authority in Rome while they compiled Law of the Twelve Tables. Livy says that Fabius was easily corrupted by Appius and he went from being a very good man to a very wicked one.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Livy, III 41.
Preceded by
Titus Quinctius Capitolinus Barbatus and Quintus Servilius Priscus		 Consul of the Roman Republic
with Titus Aemilius Mamercinus
467 BC 		Succeeded by
Quintus Servilius Priscus and Spurius Postumius Albus Regillensis
Preceded by
Quintus Servilius Priscus and Spurius Postumius Albus Regillensis		 Consul of the Roman Republic
with Titus Quinctius Capitolinus Barbatus
465 BC 		Succeeded by
Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis and Spurius Furius Medullinus
Preceded by
Publius Valerius Publicola and Gaius Claudius Inregillensis Sabinus		 Consul of the Roman Republic
with Lucius Cornelius Maluginensis
459 BC 		Succeeded by
Gaius Nautius Rutilus and Lucius Minucius Esquilinus Augurinus