Quintus Fabius Maximus (consul 45 BC)

Quintus Fabius Maximus (possibly Quintus Fabius Maximus Sanga)^[1] (died 31 December 45 BC) was a general and politician of the late Roman Republic who became suffect consul in 45 BC.

Biography

Maximus was a member of the patrician gens Fabia. His father was Quintus Fabius Maximus, son of Quintus Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus, the consul in 121 BC. His great-grandfather, Quintus Fabius Maximus Aemilianus, was also a consul, serving in 145 BC.

He first came to notice in 59 BC when, together with

Once there, they were unwilling to risk battle with Pompeius's superior numbers, and so remained encamped at Oculbo, waiting for Caesar to arrive in person.[7] Joining Caesar, they defeated Pompeius at the Battle of Munda on March 17, 45 BC. After the victory, Caesar left Maximus to besiege the town of Munda, which he took and may have destroyed.^[8] He then marched against the town of Ursao.^[9]

He returned to Rome along with Caesar, and in reward for his service, after Caesar abdicated his sole

Fabius Maximus died on December 31, 45 BC — the last day of his consulship.[14] According to Pliny the Elder, his death was remarkable because Fabius Maximus showed no symptoms of impending illness or death beforehand.^[15] He was replaced for the remaining hours of the year by Gaius Caninius Rebilus.^[16]

He had three children: Paullus Fabius Maximus, Africanus Fabius Maximus and Fabia Paullina, who married Marcus Titius.

See also

• List of Roman consuls

Notes

Sources

• T. Robert S. Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, Vol II (1952).
• Holmes, T. Rice, The Roman Republic and the Founder of the Empire, Vol. III (1923).
• Syme, Ronald, The Roman Revolution, Clarendon Press, Oxford, (1939).
• Smith, W. Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (1861).