Numerius Fabius Buteo

Numerius Fabius Buteo was a Roman politician in the third century and held the consulship in 247 BC.

Family

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He was a member of gens Fabia. His brother was Marcus Fabius Buteo, who held the consulship in 245 BC.[1]

Career

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Numerius Fabius held the consulship himself with Lucius Caecilius Metellus during the First Punic War in 247 BC.[2] Fabius waged war against the Carthaginians and besieged the town of Drepana, but was unable to take it.[3]

In the year 224, Fabius served as Magister equitum with his former colleague, Lucius Caecilius Metellus as dictator.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Hans George Gundel, The New Pauly's Encyclopedia of Classical Antiquity Ch.4 p.367
  2. ^ Pliny the Elder, Natural History, X, 8, 10.
  3. ^ Valerius Maximus, Famous Sayings, 1, 4.
  4. ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities, II, 66.
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