Quintus Fabius Vibulanus

Quintus Fabius Vibulanus, 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, Quintus was the only male to escape the slaughter of the gens Fabia at the Battle of the Cremera in 477 BC, since he was too young to be sent to war.[1]

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)

In his first consulship there was popular agitation for an agrarian law, which had been the cause of much social conflict at Rome for many years. Fabius successfully brought an end to the conflict by passing a law that the lands of the Volsci at the new Roman colony of Antium be distributed amongst the plebs. Three commissioners were named for the purpose of dividing the lands Titus Quintius, A. Virginius, and Publius Furius.[2][3][4][5]

Also in 467 BC, Fabius led a Roman army against the Aequi. The Aequi sued for peace, which was granted, however the Aequi broke the peace shortly after with a raid into the Latin territory.[6]

In his second consulship in 465 BC Fabius was given a special command against the Aequi. He sought to persuade the Aequi to make peace, however the Aequi rejected that offer, and marched to Algidum. The Romans were so offended by the Aequian behaviour that the second consul Quinctius was sent with another Roman army against the Aequi. A battle was fought and the Romans were successful, following which the Aequi retreated to their own territory.[7]

However the Aequi immediately returned to Latium and began pillaging the countryside. Fabius successfully ambushed the Aequi and routed them, recovering all the bounty that had been taken from the Latin territory. He then pursued the Aequi into their own territory and ravaged their lands, later returning to Rome with much bounty and glory.[8]

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 Mount 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 the 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.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Livy, 2.50.
  2. ↑ Livy 3.1
  3. ↑ Broughton 1951, p. 32
  4. ↑ Livy III, 1.2-5
  5. ↑ Dionysius of Halicarnassus IX, 59.1-3
  6. ↑ Livy, 3.1.
  7. ↑ Livy, 3.2
  8. ↑ Livy, 3.3
  9. ↑ Livy, 3.41.
Political offices
Preceded by
Titus Quinctius Capitolinus Barbatus II
Quintus Servilius Priscus Structus		 Consul of the Roman Republic
with Tiberius Aemilius Mamercinus
467 BC		 Succeeded by
Quintus Servilius Priscus Structus II
Spurius Postumius Albus Regillensis
Preceded by
Quintus Servilius Priscus Structus II
Spurius Postumius Albus Regillensis		 Consul of the Roman Republic
with Titus Quinctius Capitolinus Barbatus
465 BC		 Succeeded by
Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis
Spurius Furius Medullinus
Preceded by
Publius Valerius Publicola II
Gaius Claudius Sabinus Inrregillensis 		Consul of the Roman Republic
with Lucius Cornelius Maluginensis
459 BC		 Succeeded by
Gaius Nautius Rutilus II
Lucius Minucius Esquilinus Augurinus


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