Fabricia gens
The gens Fabricia was a
Origin
The Fabricii seem to have belonged originally to the Hernician town of Aletrium, where Fabricii occur as late as the time of Cicero. The first Fabricius who occurs in history is the celebrated Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, who distinguished himself in the war against Pyrrhus, and who was probably the first of the Fabricii who left his native place and settled at Rome. We know that in 306 BC, shortly before the war with Pyrrhus, most of the Hernician towns revolted against Rome, but were subdued and compelled to accept the Roman franchise without suffrage. But three towns, Aletrium, Ferentinum, and Verulae, which had remained faithful to Rome, were allowed to retain their former constitution; that is, they remained to Rome in the relation of isopolity.
Gaius Fabricius Luscinus probably left Aletrium either at that time or soon after, and settled at Rome, where, like other settlers from isopolite towns, he soon rose to high honours. Besides this Fabricius, no members of his family appear to have risen to any eminence at Rome; and we must conclude that they were either men of inferior talent, or what is more probable, that being strangers, they laboured under great disadvantages, and that the jealousy of the illustrious Roman families, plebeian as well as patrician, kept them down, and prevented their maintaining the position which their sire had gained.[1][2][3]
Praenomina used
The early Fabricii favoured the praenomina Gaius and Lucius. In later generations, we also find Quintus and Aulus.[1]
Branches and cognomina
Luscinus is the only cognomen of the Fabricii that we meet with under the Republic. In the time of the Empire we find a Fabricius with the cognomen Veiento. There are a few without a cognomen.[1]
Members
- This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.
- Gaius Fabricius, grandfather of the consul of 282 BC.
- Gaius Fabricius C. f., father of the consul of 282 BC.
- Gaius Fabricius C. f. C. n. Luscinus, consul in 282 and 278 BC, and censor in 275.
- Gaius Fabricius (C. f. C. n.) Luscinus, praetor urbanus in 195 BC, and legate to the consul Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus in 190.[4]
- Gaius and Lucius Fabricius belonged to the municipium of Aletrium, and were twins. According to Cicero they were both men of bad character; and C. Fabricius, in particular, was charged with having allowed himself to be made use of as a tool of Oppianicus, about BC 67, to destroy Aulus Cluentius.[2]
- Lucius Fabricius C. f., was
- Quintus Fabricius was
- Lucius Fabricius, a duumvir of Carthago Nova between 54 and 40 BC. He minted bronze coins during his magistracy.[11]
- Quintus Fabricius, suffect consul in 2 BC. A Novus homo.
- consular fasti.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, Editor.
- ^ a b Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pro Cluentio 16 ff.
- Ab Urbe Conditaix. 42 ff.
- Ab Urbe Conditaxxxiii. 42, 43, xxxvii. 4.
- ^ Lucius Cassius Dio Cocceianus, Roman History xxxvii. 45.
- ^ Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Satirae ii. 3, 36.
- ^ Becker, Handbuch der Römischen Alterhümer vol. i. p. 699.
- ^ Joseph Hilarius Eckhel, Doctrina Numorum Veterum vol. v. p. 210.
- ^ Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad Quintum Fratrem i. 4, Post Reditum in Senatu 8, Pro Sexto Roscio 35 ff, Pro Milone 14.
- ^ Lucius Cassius Dio Cocceianus, Roman History xlviii. 35.
- ^ Amela Valverde, "Carthago Nova", pp. 121–123.
Bibliography
- Luis Amela Valverde, "Las primeras emisiones (tardo-republicanas) del taller de Carthago Nova. Unas notas", OMNI, n°7, 07-2015.
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