FABRICIUS, GAIUS LUSCINUS (i.e. "the Roman general, was the first member of the Fabrician gens who settled in Rome. He migrated to Rome from Aletrium (Livy ix. 43). In 285 he was one of the ambassadors sent to the Tarentines to dissuade them from making war on the Romans. In 282 B.C. (when consul) he defeated the Bruttians and Lucanians, who had besieged Thurii (Livy, Epit. 12) . After the defeat of the Romans by Pyrrhus at Heraclea (280), Fabricius was sent to treat for the ransom and exchange of the prisoners. All attempts to bribe him were unsuccessful, and Pyrrhus is said to have been so impressed that he released the prisoners without ransom (Plutarch, Pyrrhus, 18) . In 278 Fabricius was elected consul for the second time, and was successful in negotiating terms of peace with Pyrrhus. Fabricius afterwards gained a series of victories over the Sam nites, the Lucanians and the Bruttians, and on his return to Rome received a triumph. He died poor, and provision had to be made for his daughter out of the funds of the state (Val. Max. iv. 4, io).