Caeso Fabius Ambustus
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Caeso Fabius Ambustus, was an ancient Roman who was the son of Marcus Fabius Ambustus
, and brother to Numerius
and Quintus
. He was quaestor
409 BC
with three plebeians as his colleagues, which was the first time that quaestors were chosen from the plebs. He was consular tribune for the first time in 404, again in 401, a third time in 395, and a fourth time in 390.
With his two brothers, he was sent as ambassador to the Gaul
s, when the latter were besieging Clusium
, and participated in an attack against the besieging Gauls. The Gauls demanded that the three should be surrendered to them for violating the law of nations; and when the Roman Senate
refused to give up the guilty parties, the Gauls marched against Rome, which they sacked after the battle of the Allia
.
Many scholars believe the entire story of the events at Clusium to be fiction, as Clusium had no real reason to appeal to Rome for help, and the Gauls needed no real provocation to sack Rome. The story, it is hypothesized, exists to provide an explanation for an otherwise unmotivated attack on Rome, and to depict Rome as a bulwark of Italy against the Gauls.
He was the father of Marcus Fabius Ambustus
.
Marcus Fabius Ambustus (pontifex maximus 390 BC)
Marcus Fabius Ambustus was a statesman of ancient Rome who served as Pontifex Maximus in the year that Rome was taken by the Gauls, 390 BC. His three sons--Caeso, Numerius, and Quintus--were sent as ambassadors to the Gauls, when the latter were besieging Clusium, and participated in an attack...
, and brother to Numerius
Numerius Fabius Ambustus
Numerius Fabius Ambustus was an ancient Roman commander who was the son of Marcus Fabius Ambustus, and brother to Caeso and Quintus. In 406 BC, he and his forces captured the Volscian city of Anxur by securing the high ground above the town, from which they were able to launch attacks against its...
and Quintus
Quintus Fabius Ambustus (tribune)
Quintus Fabius Ambustus was a politician in the Roman Republic, the son of Marcus Fabius Ambustus . In 390 BC, when his father was pontifex maximus, he and two of his brothers, Numerius and Caeso, were sent as emissaries to a Gaulish army besieging Clusium...
. He was quaestor
Quaestor
A Quaestor was a type of public official in the "Cursus honorum" system who supervised financial affairs. In the Roman Republic a quaestor was an elected official whereas, with the autocratic government of the Roman Empire, quaestors were simply appointed....
409 BC
409 BC
Year 409 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Cossus and Medullinus...
with three plebeians as his colleagues, which was the first time that quaestors were chosen from the plebs. He was consular tribune for the first time in 404, again in 401, a third time in 395, and a fourth time in 390.
With his two brothers, he was sent as ambassador to the Gaul
Gaul
Gaul was a region of Western Europe during the Iron Age and Roman era, encompassing present day France, Luxembourg and Belgium, most of Switzerland, the western part of Northern Italy, as well as the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the left bank of the Rhine. The Gauls were the speakers of...
s, when the latter were besieging Clusium
Clusium
Clusium was an ancient city in Italy, one of several found at the site. The current municipality of Chiusi partly overlaps this Roman walled city. The Roman city remodeled an earlier Etruscan city, Clevsin, found in the territory of a prehistoric culture, possibly also Etruscan or proto-Etruscan...
, and participated in an attack against the besieging Gauls. The Gauls demanded that the three should be surrendered to them for violating the law of nations; and when the Roman Senate
Roman Senate
The Senate of the Roman Republic was a political institution in the ancient Roman Republic, however, it was not an elected body, but one whose members were appointed by the consuls, and later by the censors. After a magistrate served his term in office, it usually was followed with automatic...
refused to give up the guilty parties, the Gauls marched against Rome, which they sacked after the battle of the Allia
Battle of the Allia
The Battle of the Allia was a battle of the first Gallic invasion of Rome. The battle was fought near the Allia river: the defeat of the Roman army opened the route for the Gauls to sack Rome. It was fought in 390/387 BC.-Background:...
.
Many scholars believe the entire story of the events at Clusium to be fiction, as Clusium had no real reason to appeal to Rome for help, and the Gauls needed no real provocation to sack Rome. The story, it is hypothesized, exists to provide an explanation for an otherwise unmotivated attack on Rome, and to depict Rome as a bulwark of Italy against the Gauls.
He was the father of Marcus Fabius Ambustus
Marcus Fabius Ambustus (consular tribune 381 BC)
Marcus Fabius Ambustus was an ancient Roman politician who was the son of Caeso Fabius Ambustus. He was consular tribune in 381 BC. He had two daughters, of whom the elder was married to Servius Sulpicius Praetextatus, and the younger to Gaius Licinius Stolo, one of the authors of the Lex Licinia...
.