Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

FABR0675 C. Fabricius (9) C. f. C. n. Luscinus

Status

  • Nobilis Expand

    Cic. Brut. 14.55-16.62 (founder of family's nobilitas), [Acro.] Hor. Carm. 1.12

Life Dates

  • Before 314?, birth (Sumner Orators) Expand

    Sumner R5 (by 313?), Develin no. 37 (by 311, but probably much earlier).

Relationships

grandfather of
? C. Fabricius (10) Luscinus (pr. 195) (DPRR Team)

Career

  • Legatus (Ambassador) 283 Allied cities of Italy? (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Sent to allied cities when Rome heard of the warlike preparations of Tarentum, and arrested (Dio fr. 39.1, cf. Zon. 8.2). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Triumphator 282 (Rich 2014) Expand
    • Triumph de Samnitibus, Lucaneis, Bruttieisque. MRR I.189, Itgenshorst no. 105, Rich no. 104. (Rich 2014)
  • Consul 282 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Dion. Hal. 19.13.2; Fast. Cap. ([- - - -] Papus; on the names, see 278); Chr. 354 (Luscino et Labo); Fast. Hyd. (Lucio et Papo), so also Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod. (C. Fabricius et Q. Aemilius); Degrassi, 40f., 112, 428f. Fabricius defeated forces of Samnites, Bruttians, and Lucanians, relieved Thurii, celebrated a triumph (Dion. Hal. 19.13.2, and 16.6; Val. Max. 1.8.6; Plin. NH 9.118; 34.32; cf. Cic. Pis. 58; Liv. Per. 12; Act. Tr., Degrassi, 72f., 545; Strabo 6.1.13; App. Samn. 7; Amm. Marc. 24.4.24), and according to Dion. Hal. supplied Rhegium with the garrison that later seized the town (20.4; cf. Polyb. 1.7.6; Diod. 22.1.2). Aemilius campaigned in Etruria (Dion. Hal. 19.13.2), was probably the commander who defeated combined forces of Etruscans and Boii at Lake Vadimon (Polyb. 2.20; Frontin. Str. 1.2.7, near Populonia). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Legatus (Ambassador) 280 Apulia (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Sent to treat with Pyrrhus for the ransom of the prisoners taken at Heracleia (Cic. Brut. 55; Plut. Pyrr. 20.1; App. Samn. 10.4; Dio fr. 40.20, and Zon. 8.4, on Fabricius; Dion. Hal. 19.13-19; Plut. Pyrr. 20; cf. Ennius, Ann. 6.194ff. V; Cic. Off. 1.38; Liv. Per. 13; Val. Max. 4.3.6; Iustin. 18.1.10-11; Dio fr. 40.29-39, and Zon. 8.4; Eutrop. 2.12.3; Auct. Vir. Ill. 35.6). (Broughton MRR I)
    • Leg., amb. 280, 279. P. Leveque (Pyrrhus 341-370), reviewing the evidence for the two supposed embassies of both Cineas and Fabricius before and after the battle of Ausculum, accepts the two of Cineas but rejects the second one of Fabricius as dependent on confusion of material in Justin and connected too closely with Roman annalistic anecdotes to be historically reliable. See MRR 1.193, note 3. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Legatus (Ambassador) 279 Apulia (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • The two embassies each, before and after Asculum, of Cineas to Rome, and of Fabricius to Pyrrhus, are accepted by Judeich (Klio 20 [1926]11 ff.) and Frank (CAH 7.646ff.). For a summary of the evidence and a discussion, see Weuilleumier (Tarente 125-131), who is inclined to be sceptical. Krug (10) lists only one and dates it in 279. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Before his second consulship, he carried on negotiations for peace with Pyrrhus which were broken off when Rome made a treaty with Carthage (App. Samn. 10.4; Iustin. 18.2.6; Plut. Pyrr. 20; cf. on the treaty, Polyb. 3.25.1-5; Liv. Per. 13; Liv. 21.11.2; Diod. 27.2.5; Val. Max. 3.7.10; Iustin. 18.2.1-8). (Broughton MRR I)
    • Leg., amb. 280, 279. P. Leveque (Pyrrhus 341-370), reviewing the evidence for the two supposed embassies of both Cineas and Fabricius before and after the battle of Ausculum, accepts the two of Cineas but rejects the second one of Fabricius as dependent on confusion of material in Justin and connected too closely with Roman annalistic anecdotes to be historically reliable. See MRR 1.193, note 3. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 279 Apulia (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Wounded at Asculum (Oros. 4.1.21). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Legatus (Ambassador)? 279 Apulia (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Leg., amb. 280, 279. P. Leveque (Pyrrhus 341-370), reviewing the evidence for the two supposed embassies of both Cineas and Fabricius before and after the battle of Ausculum, accepts the two of Cineas but rejects the second one of Fabricius as dependent on confusion of material in Justin and connected too closely with Roman annalistic anecdotes to be historically reliable. See MRR 1.193, note 3. (Broughton MRR III)
    • See 280, Legates. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Triumphator 278 (Rich 2014) Expand
    • Triumph de Lucaneis, Bruttieis, Tarentineis [et] Samnitibus. MRR I.194, Itgenshorst no. 109, Rich no. 108. (Rich 2014)
  • Consul 278 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Cic. Lael. 39; Fast. Cap. (names entire except [C. Fa]bricius); Chr. 354 (Luscino II et Pato II); Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; see Degrassi, 40f., 114, 430f. Fabricius revealed to Pyrrhus the treachery of a follower, either Cineas or a physician (Claud. Quad. fr. 40-41, and Val. Ant. fr. 21 Peter- Gell. 3.8.1-8; Cic. Off. 1.40; 3.86; Fin. 5.64; Liv. Per. 13; Liv. 24.45.3; 42.47.6; Val. Max. 6.5.1; Senec. Ep. 120.6; Frontin. Str. 4.4.2, cf. 1.4.1, on Papus (Paullus); Tac. Ann. 2.88; Plut. Pyrr. 21.1-3; Apophth. Fabr. 4-5; Flor. 1.13.21, Curius; Aelian Var. Hist. 12.33, Cineas; Eutrop. 2.14; Auct. Vir. Ill. 35.6; Amm. Marc. 30.1.21; Suid. 1.1.656, and 2.2.1403 B; Zon. 8.5; cf. Dion. Hal. 20.6; and Frontin. Str. 4.22; Gell. 1.14). He is credited with an attack on the Campanians in Rhegium (Dion. Hal. 20.5; App. Samn. 9.3) and a treaty with Heracleia (Cic. Balb. 50); and celebrated a triumph over Lucanians, Bruttians, Tarentines, and Samnites (Act. Tr., Degrassi, 72f., 546; Plin. NH 9.118; Eutrop. 2.14; cf. Liv. Per. 13; Val. Max. 1.8.6). (Broughton MRR I)
    • Both the attack on Rhegium and the treaty with Heracleia are accepted by Frank, CAH 7.650. On the first, see also 270, and on the second, 273. Cicero is not absolutely sure (putatur) of the date of the treaty. See Beloch, RG 464; and Weuilleumier, Tarente 131f. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Censor 275 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Cic. Lael. 39; Fast. Cap. (names entire), Degrassi, 40f., 114, 430f. Fabricius expelled the consular P. Cornelius Rufinus from the Senate for possessing ten pounds weight of silver vessels (Varro Vit. P. R. in Non. 465, 21; Dion. Hal. 20.13; Liv. Per. 14; Ovid Fast. 1.208; Val. Max. 2.9.4; Senec. Vit. Beat. 21.3; Epp. Mor. 98.13; Plin. NH 18.39; 33.142 and 153; Plut. Sull. 1.1; Gell. 17.21.39; Flor. 1.13.22; Ampel. 18.9; Tertull. Apol. 6; Augustin. Epp. 104.6; Schol. Iuv. 9.142; Zon. 8.6; cf. Fabius, fr. 20 Peter). (Broughton MRR I)

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