Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus
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Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus (or Rullus), son of
His first appearance in surviving records is as magister equitum in 325 BC, when he won a daring victory against the Samnites at Imbrinium. However, he had acted without the authority of the dictator Lucius Papirius Cursor, who was angry and demanded that the Senate punish Fabius for disobeying orders. Livy (8.31-36) describes a tense scene where Papirius stood nearly alone against the Senate and people, who supported Fabius because of his victory, but who also did not wish to undercut the absolute authority they had given Papirius; finally Fabius threw himself at the feet of the dictator and asked forgiveness, which was granted.
Fabius became consul for the first time in 322 BC, although little is said of his time in office. He appears next as a dictator himself in 315 BC, successfully besieging
He then served as censor beginning in 304 BC.
Fabius was consul for the fourth time in 297 BC, defeating the Samnites at
Rullianus' son was Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges, and his grandson or great-grandson the Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, surnamed "Cunctator", of the Second Punic War.
Although Rullianus' fame is undoubted, the main source of his life is Livy, who in turn worked from annals by
The agnomen (actually more likely an extra cognomen) "Rullus" appears to mean "uncultivated, boorish" or "beggar".[1]
See also
- Livy (books 8-11 passim)
- Diodorus Siculus
- Valerius Maximus
- Frontinus
References
- ^ "Surnames of the Servilii". UNRV.com Roman History. Retrieved 27 February 2023.