Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

FANN1461 C. Fannius (20) C. f. C. n. Strabo

Relationships

son of
? C. Fannius (6) (tr. pl. 184) (Badian 1990)
brother of
M. Fannius (14) C. f. (son of? C. Fannius (6) (tr. pl. 184)) (RE)
father of
C. Fannius (cf. 7) C. f. (son of C. Fannius (20) C. f. C. n. Strabo (cos. 161)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Brut. 99

Career

  • Praetor before 163 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • The latest possible dates for their praetorships under the Lex Villia. On Valerius, see Münzer, Gent. Val. 52, no. 54. (Broughton MRR I)
    • p. 736, footnote 105 (Brennan 2000)
  • Consul 161 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Didasc. Ter. Eun. and Phorm.; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 50f., 123, 462f.; Fast. Ant., ib. 160f.; Gell. 2.24.2; 15.11.1; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd. and Chr. Pasc., with Carbo for Strabo; Cassiod. Fannius carried the Lex Fannia, one of the earliest laws to regulate private and public banquets and distributions at games (Lucil. 1172 M; Plin. NH 10.139; Gell. 2.24.1-6; Athen. 6.108, 274c; Macrob. Sat. 3.13.13, 16.4, and 17.3-5). He may be identified with the Consul Fannius who wrote Cos requesting safe passage for returning Jewish ambassadors (Joseph. AJ 14.10.15; cf. Holleaux, {Gr}. 5; Münzer, Hermes 55 [1920] 437, note 1). (Broughton MRR I)
    • See the select bibliography on the decrees recorded in Josephus AJ 12 and 14 compiled by R. Marcus in Vol. 7, pp. 775-777 of the LCL translation of Josephus. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Legatus (Ambassador) 158 Illyria (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Head of a commission sent, after the receipt of complaints from Issa and the Daorsi, to observe conditions in Illyria and Dalmatia (Polyb. 32.9; cf. in 157, Polyb. 32.13). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Legatus (Ambassador) 157 Illyria (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • They reported the continued offences committed by the Dalmatians and the mistreatment they had themselves received. The Senate resolved upon war (Polyb. 32.13; App. Ill. 11). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Legatus (Ambassador) 155 Asia (Broughton MRR III) Expand
    • On the succession of embassies from 156 to 154 caused by the hostilities between Prusias II of Bithynia and Attalus lI of Pergamum, see Chr. Habicht (Hermes 84, 1956, 90-116, and RE s. v. Prusias II), whose reordering of the relevant fragments of Polybius has been accepted by Walbank (Comm. Polyb. III, on 32.16.1; 33.1; 32.15.1-4; 33.7, 12.1-13.10, with references to earlier discussions on p. 540). See MRR 1.448-451. The attack on Attalus in 156 caused Lentulus to return to Rome with the Attalid prince Athenaeus, but before their arrival a doubting Senate had sent L. Appuleius and C. Petronius. The report of Lentulus and Athenaeus led to the immediate appointment, probably late in 156, of a new embassy, C. Claudius Centho, L. Hortensius and C. Aurunculeius, who reached Pergamum in the spring of 155 in time to arrange a conference which was ruined by Pharnaces' treachery, to be immured in Pergamum and to see the havoc Pharnaces caused. By autumn they had returned to Rome, and a commission of ten was sent, led by L. Anicius Gallus, C. Fannius Strabo, and Q. Fabius Maximus Aemilianus, late in 155 or early in 154, who observed Attalus' victorious counterattack and returned. Finally, in summer 154, a new embassy, Ap. Claudius Centho, L. Oppius, and A. Postumius Albinus, secured peace between the two kings, and the payment of indemnities by Prusias to Attalus and the Greek cities. See also L. Robert, Et. Anat. 110-115. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Legatus (Ambassador) 154 Asia (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Sent with seven others stop the war between Prusias and Attalus when the previous embassy failed (see 155, Legates, no. a). Upon Prusias' refusal to withdraw they ordered Attalus to protect his kingdom, and separated, some to report to the Senate, some to break up Prusias' alliances (Polyb. 33.7.1-4, and 12-13.4; cf. App. Mith. 3). (Broughton MRR I)
    • On the succession of embassies from 156 to 154 caused by the hostilities between Prusias II of Bithynia and Attalus lI of Pergamum, see Chr. Habicht (Hermes 84, 1956, 90-116, and RE s. v. Prusias II), whose reordering of the relevant fragments of Polybius has been accepted by Walbank (Comm. Polyb. III, on 32.16.1; 33.1; 32.15.1-4; 33.7, 12.1-13.10, with references to earlier discussions on p. 540). See MRR 1.448-451. The attack on Attalus in 156 caused Lentulus to return to Rome with the Attalid prince Athenaeus, but before their arrival a doubting Senate had sent L. Appuleius and C. Petronius. The report of Lentulus and Athenaeus led to the immediate appointment, probably late in 156, of a new embassy, C. Claudius Centho, L. Hortensius and C. Aurunculeius, who reached Pergamum in the spring of 155 in time to arrange a conference which was ruined by Pharnaces' treachery, to be immured in Pergamum and to see the havoc Pharnaces caused. By autumn they had returned to Rome, and a commission of ten was sent, led by L. Anicius Gallus, C. Fannius Strabo, and Q. Fabius Maximus Aemilianus, late in 155 or early in 154, who observed Attalus' victorious counterattack and returned. Finally, in summer 154, a new embassy, Ap. Claudius Centho, L. Oppius, and A. Postumius Albinus, secured peace between the two kings, and the payment of indemnities by Prusias to Attalus and the Greek cities. See also L. Robert, Et. Anat. 110-115. (Broughton MRR III)

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