Quintus Fabius Vibulanus (consul 485 and 482 BC)
Quintus Fabius Vibulanus (died 480 BC) was an aristocrat of the Early Roman republic. He was the first of three brothers to hold the consulate, in both 485 and 482 BC.[3]
Quintus Fabius Vibulanus | |
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Consul of the Roman Republic | |
In office [1] 1 September 485 BC – 29 August 484 BC | |
Preceded by | Spurius Cassius Viscellinus, Proculus Verginius Tricostus Rutilus |
Succeeded by | Caeso Fabius Vibulanus (consul), Lucius Aemilius Mamercus |
In office [2] 1 September 482 BC – 29 August 481 BC | |
Preceded by | Marcus Fabius Vibulanus (consul 483 and 480 BC), Lucius Valerius Potitus (consul in 483 and 470 BC), |
Succeeded by | Caeso Fabius Vibulanus (consul), Spurius Furius Medullinus Fusus (consul 481 BC) |
Personal details | |
Born | Unknown Ancient Rome |
Died | 480 BC Ancient Rome |
For a seven year period from 485 to 478 BC, one of the two consuls was a member of the gens Fabia, a domination of the office Gary Forsythe describes as "unparalleled in the consular fasti of the Roman Republic."[4] His brothers were Kaeso (consul in 484, 481, and 479 BC) and Marcus (consul in 483 and 480 BC).
During his first consulship, Quintus defeated the Volsci and Aequi in battle, but incurred the anger of the plebs by lodging the spoils of victory with the publicum.[3]
In his second consulship there were further hostilities with each of the Volsci and Aequi.[5]
According to Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Quintus was killed in battle fighting against the Etruscans.[6]
References
- Robert Maxwell Ogilvie, Commentary on Livy, books 1–5, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1965, pp. 404, 405.
- Robert Maxwell Ogilvie, Commentary on Livy, books 1–5, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1965, pp. 404, 405.
- Livy, Ab urbe condita, 2.42
- Forsythe, A Critical History of Early Rome (Berkeley: University of California, 2005), p. 195
- Livy, 2.43
- Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities, 9.11
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Preceded by Spurius Cassius Viscellinus Proculus Verginius Tricostus Rutilus |
Consul of the Roman Republic with Servius Cornelius Maluginensis 485 BC |
Succeeded by Caeso Fabius Vibulanus Lucius Aemilius Mamercus |
Preceded by Marcus Fabius Vibulanus Lucius Valerius Potitus |
Consul of the Roman Republic with Gaius Julius Iulus 482 BC |
Succeeded by Caeso Fabius Vibulanus Spurius Furius Medullinus Fusus |