Marcus Fulvius Nobilior (consul 189 BC)
Marcus Fulvius Nobilior was a Roman general.
He started his political career as
He restored the temple of Hercules and the Muses in the Circus Flaminius, placed in it a list of Fasti drawn up by himself,[1] and endeavoured to make the Roman calendar more generally known.[2][3]
He was a great enthusiast for Greek art and culture, and introduced many of its masterpieces into Rome, amongst them the picture of the Muses by Zeuxis from Ambracia.
Fulvius was the grandson of Servius Fulvius Paetinus Nobilior (consul in 255 BC). He was named for his father. He had two sons, both of whom obtained the consulship: Marcus Fulvius Nobilior (in 159 BC) and Quintus Fulvius Nobilior (in 153 BC).
References
- ISBN 978-0-8142-1020-8.
- ^ Macrobius Saturnalia 1.12.16
- ISBN 978-1-4443-9652-2.
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