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Gaius Fabius Pictor (consul)

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Gaius Fabius Pictor was a Roman politician in the third century BC.

Family

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He was a member of gens Fabia. His father, after the end of the Second Samnite War, had made a vow to the Temple of Quirinius, and in 304 BC ordered it to be decorated with painted images, thus his cognomen Pictor.[1] Gaius Fabius Pictor's brother was the consul Numerius Fabius Pictor in 266 BC.

Career

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Gaius himself served as consul in 269 BC with Quintus Ogulnius Gallus as his colleague.[2] In that year, he waged war against the tribes of the Samnites and the Messapians. In addition, silver coins were first minted in Italy.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Eutropius II, 16
  2. ^ Zonaras VIII, 7
  3. ^ Pliny the Elder, Natural History 33, 44