Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges (consul 292 BC)

122:, urged that Fabius be relieved of his authority and degraded from consular rank as a punishment for his incompetence. In opposition to this, Fabius' father, Rullianus, urged that his son be permitted to redeem himself, volunteering to serve personally as his son's lieutenant on a subsequent campaign. Thus spared public humiliation, Fabius made good on his father's word, defeating the Samnites, taking several towns, and capturing Pontius, the Samnite general. In recognition of his victories, the senate honoured Fabius with a 198:, was the consul of 265 BC. Passages in Plutarch and Pliny describe Verrucosus as the great-grandson of Rullianus, although they do not explicitly state that he was the grandson of Gurges, the consul of 292 and 276. In Broughton's opinion, the interval of fifty-nine years between Gurges' first consulship in 292, and Verrucosus' first, in 233, supports this view, although 78:, he engaged the enemy against the dictator's instructions while Papirius was away attending to other business. Although Rullianus won a significant victory, his commander was furious that his orders had been disobeyed. Fabius only escaped execution by fleeing to Rome, where he begged the intercession of the people, and was saved by the appeal of his aged father. 163:. He was accompanied by his cousin, Numerius Fabius Pictor, and Quintus Ogulnius Gallus, each of whom would later hold the consulship. On their departure for Rome, Ptolemy presented the ambassadors with rich gifts, which they subsequently deposited in the Roman treasury. However, as a gesture of gratitude and respect, the 30:

in 292, 276, and 265 BC. After a dissolute youth and a significant military defeat during his first consulate, he was given the opportunity to salvage his reputation through the influence of his father, and became a successful general, eventually holding the highest honours of the Roman state. He

178:, who would go on to become consul five times, and twice dictator, was consecrated an augur. At an uncertain time before his death, Fabius was named princeps senatus, a position of honour that had previously been held by his father and grandfather, and which would later be bestowed upon his son. 81:

The younger Fabius received his surname, Gurges, "the whirlpool", due to the gluttonous habits of his youth, in which he consumed every luxury he came across. But when he embarked on a public career, the younger Fabius set aside his indulgent lifestyle and cultivated a more sober image. As

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agrees that Verrucosus was likely the grandson, not the son of Gurges, but supposes that his father might have been the Quintus Fabius who, as curule aedile in 266 BC, insulted the envoys of

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Gurges' father, Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus, was one of Rome's most celebrated generals, and had been consul five times between 322 and 297 BC. In his time he had served as both

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and magister equitum, and was censor in 304. However, all of his accomplishments followed from a rash incident in his youth, when as magister equitum to the dictator

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during a revolt of that city's plebeians against the aristocracy. Fabius was wounded in fierce fighting, and subsequently died. In the same year, his son,

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Fabius was consul for the second time in 276 BC, with Gaius Genucius Clepsina. Fabius led an army into southern Italy, where he defeated the Samnites,

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in 295 BC, Fabius levied fines against wealthy Roman matrons who had been convicted of adultery, and dedicated the funds to building a temple of

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Although Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges has traditionally been identified as the father of Verrucosus, a minority view espoused by

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This was probably the triumph that Fabius celebrated on the Kalends of Sextilis (August 1), in the year following his consulship.

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In 292 BC, Fabius was consul for the first time, with Decimus Junius Brutus Scaeva. Rome was engaged in the

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holds that Verrucosus was the grandson of Gurges, consul in 292 and 276, and that his father, also named

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Consul for the third time in 265 BC, with Lucius Mamilius Vitulus, Fabius was sent to aid the elders of

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describes Verrucosus as the grandson of Rullianus, and by implication, the son of Gurges. The

126:; the occasion was the more remarkable because the elder Fabius rode beside his son's chariot. 71: 799: 152:, receiving a second triumph. Rome suffered a particularly difficult pestilence this year. 8: 207: 51:, a dignity later filled by his son, grandson, and great-grandson. He had probably been 215: 648: 187: 114:, in which he was utterly defeated. At Rome, the traditional rivals of the Fabii, the 673: 160: 103: 87: 561: 191: 60: 48: 572: 755: 709: 589: 91: 67: 655:(Roman History to the Beginning of the Punic Wars), De Gruyter, Berlin (1926). 83: 788: 632: 123: 628: 164: 119: 115: 52: 27: 227: 606: 145: 130: 584: 171: 111: 44: 137:

assumed command of the siege, and ordered Fabius to withdraw from

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in 291, and was besieging the town of Cominium, when the consul

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In 273, Fabius led a delegation of ambassadors to the court of

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was slain in battle during his third and final consulate.

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decreed that the gifts be returned to the ambassadors.

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