Numerius Fabius Ambustus

Numerius Fabius Ambustus came from the Roman patrician family of the Fabians and was 406 and 390 BC Konsulartribun.

Life

According to the Fasti Capitolini Filiationsangabe the Numerius Fabius Ambustus was the son of Marcus Fabius Ambustus, while his grandfather, the praenomen Quintus led. 406 BC, he served first as Konsulartribun. This year, the payment of a regular Soldes for the Roman warrior has been introduced. At that time, a ten-year war between the inhabitants of the Etruscan city of Veii and the Romans broke out, and the latter could in another military confrontation of the year 406 BC, also a city of the Volscians, Anxur, which was later called Tarracina, conquer. These three short handed on by Diodorus facts are considered in research as historically reliable as generally Diodorus' historical work in relation to the early Roman Republic is considered to be more credible than that of Livy. The storming Anxurs is described by Livy in much more detail and according to his statement to Numerius Fabius Ambustus have contributed most to this success. The stories told here details can make no claim to historicity, even if Livy had perhaps much older predecessor as Quintus Ennius in his report.

It may be that Numerius Fabius Ambustus 398 BC envoy to the oracle of Delphi. 391 BC he is with his two brothers at a diplomatic mission, the Celts or Gauls have provoked and not delivered as requested by them in connection, but on the contrary even elected for 390 BC for the second time one of the Konsulartribunen have been what the Celtic conquest of Rome had caused; for a detailed description, refer to Quintus Fabius Ambustus.

Numerius Fabius Ambustus was the father of three-time consul Marcus Fabius Ambustus.