Season Fabius Vibulan

Caeson Fabius belonged to one of the most noble and influential patrician clans of Rome, whose representatives at the beginning of the 5th century BC e. regularly held top positions ^[1] . Later sources built the family tree of Fabiev to the son of Heracles and the Italian nymph , claiming that at the beginning this family was called Fodia (from the Latin fodere - dig), because its representatives used wild holes to catch wild animals ^[2] . Anticologist T. Wiseman called this explanation “unusual enough to be true” ^[3] .

Keson's father bore the same denomination; Keson Jr.'s brothers were Quintus and Mark Fabius Vibulana ^[1] .

The first mention of the Caeson of Fabius in the sources refers to 485 BC. e., when he served as a quaestor ^[4] . Titus Livy and Dionysius of Halicarnassus say that Caeson, along with his colleague Lucius Valeriy Potit, brought to trial on charges of seeking the imperial power of the plebeian politician Spurius Cassius , proposing a new land law. Cassius was convicted and executed, and in gratitude for this, the senators achieved the election of Vibulan as consuls for 484 BC. e. together with Lucius Emilius Mamerk ^[4] . This caused popular unrest, interrupted, according to Titus Livius , only by the next raid of Volks and eqvs ^[5] . Researchers suggest that the whole story is a fiction of the annalists who tried to add living details to the story of Cassia's Spuria. In particular, they could take the names of the investors from consular fasts over the next two years ^[1] . Both Titus Livy and Dionysius of Halicarnassus do not mention the siege of Tuskul reported by Diodorus of Sicily ^[6] , and therefore their messages lose their value to historians ^[7] .

In 481 BC e. Kezon Fabius for the second time became consul along with Spurius Fury Medullin Foose ^[8] . He led the army in the first war with Wei , but did not act too well. His cavalry put the enemy to flight, and the infantry recruited from the plebs and hated Vibulan for his role in the case of Spuria Cassia refused to pursue the enemy and forced Keson Fabius to return to Rome ^{[9] [10] [11]} .

The following year, Vibulan, along with his brothers, participated in the battle of Wijah ^[12] . In 479 BC e. he received the consulate for the third time, and this time his colleague was Titus Verginius Trikost Rutil ^[13] . Since the discontent of the plebeians did not diminish, Kezon Fabius suggested that the Senate not wait until the next people's tribunes propose a new land law, but endow the poor citizens with land in the territories conquered from their neighbors. This proposal was rejected due to suspicions that Kezon seeks the favor of the plebs for personal purposes. Since the Eques again attacked the lands of the Latin allies, Caeson Fabius opposed them. Equa battle did not accept and took refuge behind the city walls. Upon returning, Fabius rescued the army of his colleague Verginius, who was surrounded on the lands of the Vientians. He then came to the aid of the Fabiev detachment, which launched a private war with the Weynts , plundered enemy territory and took part in the construction of a fortification on Kremer ^[14] . In 478 BC e. Vibulan secured the appointment of the consul Emilius Mamerka as a legate in the army and participated in the battle with the Etruscans who besieged Kremer ^[15] .

In 477 BC e., according to ancient tradition, Caeson, along with his brother Mark, commanded the army of Fabius and died in the battle of Kremer ; as a result, of all the many members of the clan, only one boy , Kezon’s nephew, survived. The degree of reliability of the story about these events is the subject of scientific discussion ^[16] .

Sources

1. Diodorus of Sicily. Historical Library (Neopr.) . Site "Symposium". Date of treatment January 11, 2017.
2. Dionysius of Halicarnassus. Roman antiquities (neopr.) . Site "Symposium". Date of appeal September 27, 2016.
3. Titus Livy. The history of Rome from the foundation of the city. - M .: Nauka, 1989 .-- T. 1. - 576 p. - ISBN 5-02-008995-8 .
4. Plutarch. Comparative biographies. - M .: Nauka, 1994 .-- T. 1 .-- 704 p. - ISBN 5-02-011570-3 .
5. Fasti Capitolini (neopr.) . Site "History of Ancient Rome". Date of treatment July 2, 2016.

Literature

1. Broughton R. Magistrates of the Roman Republic. - New York, 1951. - Vol. I. - P. 600.
2. Münzer F. Fabius 159 // RE. - 1909. - Bd. VI, 2. - S. 1873-1880.
3. Wiseman T. Legendary Genealogies in Late-Republican Rome // G&R. - 1974. - Vol. 21, No. 2 . - P. 153-164.