Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges (consul 292 BC)
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Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges was the son of Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus and a Consul
in 292 and 276 BC.
In 295 BC he was curule aedile, and fined certain matrons of noble birth for their disorderly life. With the proceeds of the fines built a temple to Venus
near the Circus Maximus
.
He was consul in 292 BC, with his father as a Legate. His Battle against the Pentrian Samnites ended with no victory to either side. In a second battle the consul retrieved his reputation, stormed several Samnite towns, and was rewarded with a triumph
of which the most remarkable feature was old Fabius riding beside his son's chariot.
In 291 BC, he was proconsul
in Samnium
. There he was besieging Cominium when the consul, Lucius Postumius Megellus
, arbitrarily and violently drove him from the army and the province (according to the Roman tradition). The Fasti
ascribe a triumph to Fabius for his proconsulate.
He was consul for the second time in 276, when he obtained a second triumph (Samnium and Brutium). Shortly afterwards he went as legatus
from Rome
to Ptolemy Philadelphus, king of Egypt
. The presents which Fabius and his colleagues received from the Egyptian monarch they deposited in the public treasury on their return to Rome, but a decree of the Senate directed that the ambassadors should retain them.
At about 265, he succeeded his father as Princeps Senatus
.
His son Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges
was consul in 265 BC.
Consul
Consul was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic and an appointive office under the Empire. The title was also used in other city states and also revived in modern states, notably in the First French Republic...
in 292 and 276 BC.
In 295 BC he was curule aedile, and fined certain matrons of noble birth for their disorderly life. With the proceeds of the fines built a temple to Venus
Venus
Venus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. The planet is named after Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty. After the Moon, it is the brightest natural object in the night sky, reaching an apparent magnitude of −4.6, bright enough to cast shadows...
near the Circus Maximus
Circus Maximus
The Circus Maximus is an ancient Roman chariot racing stadium and mass entertainment venue located in Rome, Italy. Situated in the valley between the Aventine and Palatine hills, it was the first and largest stadium in ancient Rome and its later Empire...
.
He was consul in 292 BC, with his father as a Legate. His Battle against the Pentrian Samnites ended with no victory to either side. In a second battle the consul retrieved his reputation, stormed several Samnite towns, and was rewarded with a triumph
Roman triumph
The Roman triumph was a civil ceremony and religious rite of ancient Rome, held to publicly celebrate and sanctify the military achievement of an army commander who had won great military successes, or originally and traditionally, one who had successfully completed a foreign war. In Republican...
of which the most remarkable feature was old Fabius riding beside his son's chariot.
In 291 BC, he was proconsul
Proconsul
A proconsul was a governor of a province in the Roman Republic appointed for one year by the senate. In modern usage, the title has been used for a person from one country ruling another country or bluntly interfering in another country's internal affairs.-Ancient Rome:In the Roman Republic, a...
in Samnium
Samnium
Samnium is a Latin exonym for a region of south or south and central Italy in Roman times. The name survives in Italian today, but today's territory comprising it is only a small portion of what it once was. The populations of Samnium were called Samnites by the Romans...
. There he was besieging Cominium when the consul, Lucius Postumius Megellus
Lucius Postumius Megellus
Lucius Postumius Megellus is the name of two Ancient Romans of the gens Postumia:*Lucius Postumius Megellus, son of Lucius, consul in 305 BC, 294 BC, and 291 BC;...
, arbitrarily and violently drove him from the army and the province (according to the Roman tradition). The Fasti
Fasti
In ancient Rome, the fasti were chronological or calendar-based lists, or other diachronic records or plans of official and religiously sanctioned events...
ascribe a triumph to Fabius for his proconsulate.
He was consul for the second time in 276, when he obtained a second triumph (Samnium and Brutium). Shortly afterwards he went as legatus
Legatus
A legatus was a general in the Roman army, equivalent to a modern general officer. Being of senatorial rank, his immediate superior was the dux, and he outranked all military tribunes...
from Rome
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
to Ptolemy Philadelphus, king of Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
. The presents which Fabius and his colleagues received from the Egyptian monarch they deposited in the public treasury on their return to Rome, but a decree of the Senate directed that the ambassadors should retain them.
At about 265, he succeeded his father as Princeps Senatus
Princeps senatus
The princeps senatus was the first member by precedence of the Roman Senate. Although officially out of the cursus honorum and owning no imperium, this office brought enormous prestige to the senator holding it.-Overview:...
.
His son Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges
Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges (consul 265 BC)
Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges , an otherwise obscure Roman consul in the year 265 BC, was the son of Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges and father of the Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus....
was consul in 265 BC.