Gaius Fabius Pictor

Gaius Fabius Pictor was a member of the noble Roman family of the Fabians and lived in the 4th century BC

Life

Gaius Fabius Pictor was probably the father of the eponymous consul of 269 BC and the Fabius Pictor Numerius, the 266 BC Consul.

Gaius Junius Bubulcus Brutus had the goddess Salus against the Samnites promised the construction of a temple during the second war and let build and consecrate after the end of hostilities on the Quirinal. This temple decorated Fabius in 304 BC with frescoes and including writing his name; thus he should have received the first of his family nicknamed Pictor ( "painter" ). Since his name does not occur in the fasting, one must conclude that his passion for painting was not appreciated by his peers. Well until much later, was by his signature on the wall paintings attention to him, but these were destroyed during the reign of Emperor Claudius by fire.