Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

FABI2121 Fabia (172)

Status

  • Patrician
  • Nobilis Expand

    Sall. Cat. 15.1

Life Dates

  • After 100?, birth (Rüpke 2005)

Relationships

halfsister of
Terentia (95) (married to M. Tullius (29) M. f. M. n. Cor. Cicero (cos. 63)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Asc. Tog. Cand. 91C

Career

  • Virgo Vestalis? 80 to 74 (Rüpke 2005)
  • Virgo Vestalis 73 to after 58 (Rüpke 2005) Expand
    • Accused of incest with Catiline. Catiline was accused by Clodius and acquitted with the help of Catulus, while Fabia is probably one of the Vestals who were defended by Pupius Piso and acquitted (Cic. Tog. Cand., and Ascon. 91 C; Plut. Cat. Min. 19.3; Oros. 6.3.1; cf. Cic. Brut. 236; Cat. 3.9; Q. Cic. Comm. Pet. 10; Sall. Cat. 15.1; see 74, Additional Note). (Broughton MRR II)

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