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For other people, places and things named Fabius, see Fabius (disambiguation).

The family name "Fabius" was the nomen of the gens Fabia of ancient Rome, that derived from the Latin faba for the broad bean, an important food crop in the Roman Empire. By the Republican era and throughout the Imperial era, a Name in Ancient Rome for a male citizen consisted of three parts ( tria Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Vicia faba, the broad bean, fava bean, faba bean, horse bean, field bean, tic bean is a species of The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial The Fabii (such as Fabii Maximi) were one of the several leading patrician families (gentes maiores) of the city. The term " patrician " originally referred to a group of elite families in Ancient Rome, including both their natural and Of all the Roman Patrician families, the Fabii can be considered to have consolidated the most political power in the early Republic.

Fabius Maximus coin, issued under Augustus. The fact that the coin bears the image of Fabius, instead of that of Augustus, shows the friendship between the two of them.
Fabius Maximus coin, issued under Augustus. Augustus ( Latin: IMPERATOR·CAESAR·DIVI·FILIVS·AVGVSTVS September 23 63 BC – August 19 AD 14) born Gaius Octavius Thurinus, was The fact that the coin bears the image of Fabius, instead of that of Augustus, shows the friendship between the two of them.
Ambustus, Maximus, Pictor, and Vibulanus were cognomina of Fabii. The cognomen (plural cognomina) was originally the third name of an Ancient Roman in the Roman naming convention. Fabius Maximus Rullianus, five times a consul, was a hero of the Samnite Wars; but even he was eclipsed by the Fabius Maximus who fought against Hannibal in the Second Punic War. Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus (or Rullus) son of Marcus, of the Patrician Fabii of Ancient Rome, was five times Consul The First, Second, and Third Samnite wars, between the early Roman Republic and the tribes of Samnium, extended over half a century involving Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus (ca 280 BC-203 BC called Cunctator ( the Delayer) was a Roman politician and General born in Rome around 280 BC and Hannibal (Pronounced in Phoenician: Hanniba'al means " Ba'al is my grace " or " Ba'al has given me grace " 247 BC &ndash The Second Punic War (referred to as "The War Against Hannibal" by the Romans lasted from 218 to 201 BC and involved combatants in the western Last known descendant of the family was Nikephoros III, who ruled Eastern Roman Empire between 1078 and 1081.
Possible forms:
Fabius, male singular (nominative)
Fabia, female singular (nominative)
Fabii, male plural (nominative). The nominative case is a Grammatical case for a Noun, which generally marks the subject of a Verb, as opposed to its object or other

Members of gens Fabia

Listed below are notable members (alphabetically, by "Fabius" compound names):[1]

Notes

  1. ^ The Roman names are sorted by compound names of "Fabius" (rather than last name) and so "Quintus Fabius Ambustus Vibulanus" ranks near the top, as a "Fabius-A" name (rather than a "Fabius-V" name, such as "Numerius Fabius Vibulanus" near the bottom).

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Fabius

-proper noun

  1. A male given name, of historical use in English.
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