Numerius Fabius Pictor (consul)
Numerius Fabius Pictor (fl. 273–266 BC) was a Roman senator and military commander.
In 273 BC, he was among a group of ambassadors sent by the Senate to the court of Egyptian king
Sallentini and Messapians, both times successfully. For each victory the consuls celebrated triumphs
.
His brother was the consul Gaius Fabius Pictor.
He was probably uncle of Quintus Fabius Pictor, the first Roman historian.
References
- Broughton, T. Robert S. (1951). The Magistrates of the Roman Republic Volume I: 509 B.C.–100 B.C. New York: American Philological Association. pp. 197, 201.
- Münzer, Friedrich (1909), "Fabius 124", Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE, PW), volume 6, part 2, column 1836.