Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

FABI1097 Q. Fabius (31, 57) (Buteo)?

Status

  • Patrician

Life Dates

  • 196?, death (Broughton MRR I)

Relationships

grandson of
? N. Fabius (55) M. f. M. n. Buteo (cos. 247) (Brennan 2000)
? M. Fabius (53) M. f. M. n. Buteo (cos. 245) (Brennan 2000)
related to
T. Quinctius (45) T. f. L. n. Flamininus (cos. 198) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Polyb. 18.10.8, Liv. 32.36.10

Career

  • Augur? 203 to 196 (Broughton MRR II Appendix 3) Expand
    • Praetor 196. See MRR 1.335, 339, note 2. Noting that although Buteo was assigned the province of Hisp. Ult. he appears to have had no further career (Liv. 33.24.2 and 26.4), Sumner suggests that he, and not Q. Fabius Maximus, was the augur who was inaugurated in 203 (Liv. 30.26.9) and died in 196 (33.42.6). The augur could not be the son of the Cunctator (Cos. 213), who died before him (a laudatio funebris by his father, Cic., Brut. 12; Fam. 4.6.1; cf. RE no. 103), and is usually taken to be his grandson. Identification with Q. Fabius Buteo would explain Buteo's inactivity (but not mention of legionem quam Q. Fabius habuerat [Liv. 33.43.7], which was assigned to his successor Ap. Claudius in 195) and the appearance of another Q. Fabius Maximus (105), Pr. 181 (Liv. 40.18.2; MRR 1.384). The augur who died in 196 is not described as praetor or pr. desig. but as admodum adulescens priusquam ullum magistratum caperet (33.42.6). For Sumner this is a garbled account of his death before he could assume his command. Hence his lack of a career in Spain, and the retention of Helvius in command. In this Sumner is correcting Livy at several points which are most likely to depend ultimately upon archival material. See Sumner, Arethusa 3, 1970, 85-102. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Legatus (Envoy) 198 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • These Envoys were sent in the late autumn but much of their activity would come within the consular year 198 (Liv. 32.36.6; 33.1.1; Polyb. 18.9.10, and 11.1). (Broughton MRR I)
    • Sent to the Senate by Flamininus along with the envoys of Philip and of the Greek allies of Rome (Polyb. 18.10.8; Liv. 32.36.10). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Praetor 196 Hispania Ulterior (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Election Liv. 33.24.2 Provinces and armies 33.26.1-4, and 43.7-8. (Broughton MRR I)
    • His name is omitted, probably through an oversight, by Livy in 34.10.5-6 when referring to the successor of Helvius in Farther Spain (see 195, note 1). (Broughton MRR I)
    • Praetor 196. See MRR 1.335, 339, note 2. Noting that although Buteo was assigned the province of Hisp. Ult. he appears to have had no further career (Liv. 33.24.2 and 26.4), Sumner suggests that he, and not Q. Fabius Maximus, was the augur who was inaugurated in 203 (Liv. 30.26.9) and died in 196 (33.42.6). The augur could not be the son of the Cunctator (Cos. 213), who died before him (a laudatio funebris by his father, Cic., Brut. 12; Fam. 4.6.1; cf. RE no. 103), and is usually taken to be his grandson. Identification with Q. Fabius Buteo would explain Buteo's inactivity (but not mention of legionem quam Q. Fabius habuerat [Liv. 33.43.7], which was assigned to his successor Ap. Claudius in 195) and the appearance of another Q. Fabius Maximus (105), Pr. 181 (Liv. 40.18.2; MRR 1.384). The augur who died in 196 is not described as praetor or pr. desig. but as admodum adulescens priusquam ullum magistratum caperet (33.42.6). For Sumner this is a garbled account of his death before he could assume his command. Hence his lack of a career in Spain, and the retention of Helvius in command. In this Sumner is correcting Livy at several points which are most likely to depend ultimately upon archival material. See Sumner, Arethusa 3, 1970, 85-102. (Broughton MRR III)
    • p. 730 (Brennan 2000)

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