FABIUS, ficV-i-us. x. Q. MAXIMUS RULLI- . ANUS, max'-inn-us rull-i-r'-nus, the first of the Fabii who obtained the surname Max'imus, ) for lessening the power of the populace at elections. He was Master of the Horse under I the Dictator L. Papirius Cursor, 325 B.C., and successfully engaged, without his permission, with the Samnites, for which the popular favour alone saved him from being put to ' death by the dictator. He was defeated by the Samnites at Lautfilm, 315, and gained the 1 great victory of Sentinum over the united Samnites, Gauls, Etruscans, and Umbrians, 296. He was five times consul, twice dictator, , once censor, triumphed over seven of the neighbouring nations, and made himself illus trious by his patriotism. 2. MAXIMUS, a celebrated Roman, surnamed Verraco'sus from a wart on his lip, and OW fila from his inoffensive manners. Dull and unpromising; in childhood, he became famous for valour and prudence, and rose to the highest offices of the I state. In his first consulship he obtained a, victory over Liguria ; and, after the unfor tunate battle of 'I hrasymenus, was made dic-. I tator, 217 n.c. He opposed Hannibal by harassing him by countermarches and ambus cades ; whence he was called Cuneta' tor, (delayer), and blamed for cowardice, and super seded as dictator by his own master of the horse, M. Minucius Rufus. After the fatal
battle of Cannes, caused by the rashness of Varro, he again took command, and conquered ' Tarentum. When the senate refused to ratify his agreement with Hannibal for the ransom of the captives, he sold his estates to raise the stipulated sum rather than break his word. He opposed as chimerical Scipio's proposal to ' carry the war into Africa, and did not live to see the latter's success against Carthage. He died 203, after being five times consul, and twice honoured with a triumph ; and a splendid funeral was accorded to his remains from the public treasury. 3. Son of the preceding, before whom he died, and of whose virtues he showed himself worthy. 4. PICTOR, the first historian of Rome, flourished 225 n.c., wrote on the period from Romulus to 218 B.C. ; the extant work is an imitation. 5. An ambassador to the Delphic oracle while Hannibal was in Italy. 6. A consul, conquered the Allobroges, 121 B.C. 7. A lieutenant of Lucullus, defeated by Mithridates. 8. A consul with Julius Cmsar, conquered Pompey's adherents in Spain. 9. A Pontifex Maximus, wrote some annals, and warred with Viriathus in Spain. to. RUSTICUS, ries'-tie-us, a historian tent,. Claudius and Nero, intimzle with Sen6ca Tacitus praised his style.