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i. 9. 22) and Tuscus (Ov.
x. ) In the Perusine war, B. C. 41-2, Furnius took ! . c. ), the author of a poem entitled Phyllis, should
part with L. Antonius. (ANTONIUS, No. 14. ] He be read Fuscus. (See Jabn's Jahrbuch d. Phil. ii
defended Sentinum in Umbria against Augustus, 4, p. 420, for the year 1829. ) Horace addressed
and shared the sufferings of the "Perusina Fames. " an ode (Carm. i. 22) and an epistle (Ep. i. 10) to
Furnius was one of three officers commissioned by Fuscus Aristius, whom he also introduces else-
L. Antonius to negotiate the surrender of Perusia, where (Sat. i. 9. 61; 10. 83). (W. B. D. ]
and his reception by Augustus was such as to FUSCUS, TI. CLAU'DIUS SALINA'TOR,
awaken in the Antonian party suspicions of his a correspondent of the younger Pliny. (Ep. ix.
fidelity. (Appian, B. C. v. 30, 40, 41; Dion Cass. 36, 40. ) Fuscus was of a senatorian family, pos-
xlviii. 13, 14. ) In B. C. 35 he was prefect of sessed of great eloquence and learning (Plin. Ep.
Asia Minor, under M. Antony, where he took vi. 11), and remarkable for his simplicity and
prisoner Sex. Pompeius, who had fled thither after sobriety of character. (vi. 26. ) He was Hadrian's
his defeat by Agrippa, B. c. 36. (Appian, B. C. colleague in the consulship of A. D. 118. He mar-
v. 137–142. ) After the battle of Actium, B. C. ried a daughter of Julius Servianus. (Plin. Ep.
31, Furnius, through the mediation of his son vi. 26 ; Dion Cass. lxix. 17 ; Westermann, Hö-
C. Furius, was reconciled to Augustus (Senec. misch. Beredsamk. $ 84, 35. )
De Benef. ii. 25), and received from him the rank Fuscus, son of the preceding, was put to death
of a consular senator (Dion Cass. lii. 42), and was in his nineteenth year, with his father-in-law, Ser-
afterwards appointed one of the supplementary Fianus, by Hadrian, who charged Fuscus with
consuls, in B. C. 29, which is the first time the aspiring to the empire. (Spartian. Hadrian. 23. )
name of Furnius appears on the consular Fasti. Dion Cassius (lxix. 17) says that Fuscus and Ser-
He was prefect of Hither Spain in B. c. 21. (Dion vianus owed their death to imprudently expressing
Cass. liv. 5; Flor. iv. 12. ) Furius is probably men- displeasure at Hadrian's choice of L. Commodus
tioned by the author, De Oratoribus (c. 21) among Verus for his successor.
[W. B. D. )
the speakers whose meagre and obsolete diction FUSCUS, CORNELIUS, one of the most
rendered their works impossible to read without active adherents of Vespasian in his contest with
an inclination to sleep or smile.
Vitellius for the empire A. D. 69. In decision,
3. Son of the preceding, consul B. c. 17. He zeal, and popularity with the soldiers, Tacitus
reconciled Augustus to his father, C. Furnius, who ranks Fuscus second to Antonius Primus alone.
had been up to B. C. 31 a staunch adherent of [PRIMUS, ANTONIUS. ) During Nero's reign,
M. Antonius. (Senec. Benefic. Ü. 25. ) It is Fuscus lived in retirement on an estate inherited
doubtful whether the Furnius put to death by the from noble ancestors ; but he served under Galba,
senate in the reign of Tiberius, A. D. 26, for adul- and was made by him procurator of Pannonia. In
tery with Claudia Pulchra, be the same person. the war with Vitellius, the fleet at Ravenna elected
(Tac. Ann. iv. 52. )
(W. B. D. ) Fuscus their leader, and under his command moved
FUSCIANUS. [TUSCIANUS. )
along the eastern coast of Italy, in concert with
FUSCUS, ARE'LLIUS, a rhetorician who the troops of Vespasian. For his services at this
flourished at Rome in the latter years of Augustus. time Vespasian rewarded Fuscus with the insignia
He was of equestrian rank, but was degraded from and rank of praetor. Under Domitian Fuscus was
cenate, and refused to isted
son of Metellus, who in
ProF on his knees. After
buneship, be was accused
actions during his mibolt
ultitude tore biz to pisos
B. C. i. 33; Dive C26.
109, pp. 43, 43, ed. Reis
of Heracleiz, as, theat
erres. He had star
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GABINIANUS.
GABINIUS.
1
captain of the body-guard, and gave himself up to | Rhetoribus. (Tac. de Orat. 26 ; Euseb. Chron. ad
the luxurious profusion of the time. Juvenal Vespas. ann. 8. )
(L. S.
describes him (iv. 112) as dreaming of battles in GABI'NIUS. 1. A. ? GABINIUS, in B. c. 167,
his marble house -
was placed by L. Anicius in the command of a
“ Fuscus marmorea meditatus praelia villa. "
garrison at Scodra in Illyricum, after the subju-
gation of king Gentius. (Liv. xlv. 26. )
Domitian, however, converted his dreams into re- 2. A. GABINIUS, was tribune of the plebs, in
ality, by sending him against the Dacians, who, B. c. 139, and introduced the first Ler Tabellaria,
under their king Decebalus, had recently defeated a which substituted the ballot for open voting (Dict.
Roman army, and were ravaging the province of of Ant. s. r. Tabellariae Leges. ) Porcius Latro (Do-
Maesia. Fuscus passed the Danube, but suffered clamat. c. Catilinam, c.
19) mentions a Lex Ga-
himself to be surprised by the Dacians, who de binia, by which clandestine assemblies in the city
stroyed his army, and captured his baggage and were punishable with death, but it is not known
standards. Martial wrote an epitaph on Fuscus to what age this law belongs, and even its exist-
(Ep. vi. 76), in which he refers to the Dacianence has been doubted. (Heinec. Antiq. Rom. iv.
campaign. (Tac. Hist. ii. 86, iii. 4, 12, 42, 66, tit. 17. § 47 ; Dirck, Versuche über das Criminul-
iv. 44 ; Suet. Domit. 6 ; Dion Cass. lxviii. 9; recht der Römer, Halle, 1822, pp. 73, 74. )
Oros. vii. 10; Tillemont, Hist. des Empereurs, 3. A. ? GABINIUS, was legatus in the Social
vol. iii. p. 172 ; Francke, Gesch. T'rajan's, p. 80. ) | War, and, in B. c. 89, after a successful campaign
Pliny (Ep. vii. 9) addressed a letter to Cornelius agninst the Marsi and Lucni, lost his life in a
Fuscus, recommending translation as one of the blockade of the enemy's camp. (Liv. Epit. 76 ;
best methods of attaining a pure, impressive, and Flor. ii. 18. § 13 ; Oros. v. 18, calls him Caius. )
copious style. But as his correspondent was pre- 4. A. GABINIUS, fought at Chaeroneia in the
paring himself for the business of the forum, he army of Sulla as military tribune, and in the
can scarcely have been the Fuscus of Vespasian's beginning of B. c. 81, was despatched by Sulla to
time. He was probably the son. (W. B. D. ) | Asia with instructions to Murena to end the war
FUSCUS, GELL'IUS, wrote some account of with Mithridates. He was a moderate and how
the life of Tetricus Junior, and is quoted by Tre- nourable man. (Plut. Sull. 16, 17 ; Appian, Mithr.
bellius Pollio. (Tetric. Jun. 25. )
66 ; Cic. pro Leg. Manil. 3. )
FUSUS, a surname of the two families, ME- 5. A. GABINIUS, of uncertain parentage, was
DULLINUS and PaciLUs, of the Furia Gens. Be addicted in youth to expensive pleasures, and gave
sides these, there are two members of the Furia way to the seductions of dice, wine, and women.
Gens who occur in the Fasti, without any other | His carefully curled hair was fragrant with un-
surname than that of Fusus, but these probably guents, and his cheeks were coloured with rouge.
belonged either to the Medullini or the Pacili, and He was a proficient in the dance, and his house
must not be regarded as forming a separate family. resounded with music and song. If we may trust
They are:-
the angry invective of Cicero (pro Sext. 8, 9, post
1. M. Furius Fusus, consular tribune in B. C. Red. in Sen. 4–8, in Pison. 11, pro Domo. 24,
403. (Fasti Capitol. ; Diod. xiv. 35. ) Instead of 48), he kept the most vicious company, and led the
him, Livy (v. 1) gives M. Postumius. This M. most impure and profligate life. Having dissi-
Furius Fusus must not be confounded with the pated his fortune by such a course of conduct, he
great M. Furius Camillus, whose first consular tri- looked to official station as the means of repairing
bunate Livy (l. c. ) erroneously places in this year, his shattered finances. In B. C. 66 he was made
but which in all probability belongs to B. c. 401. tribune of the plebs, and moved that the command
[CAMILLUS, No. 1. ]
of the war against the pirates should be given to
2. Agrippa Furius Fusus, consular tribune Pompey. The proposed law did not name Pompey,
in B. C. 391, the year before the taking of Rome but it plainly pointed to him, and was calculated
by the Gauls. (Liv. v. 32 ; Fasti Capitol. ) to make him almost an absolute monarch. Among
other provisions, it directed that the people should
elect a commander whose imperium should extend
orer the whole of the Mediterranean, and to a dis-
G.
tance of fifty miles inland from its coasts, who
should take such sums of money as he might think
GABAEUS (Tabalos), ruler of the Lesser or fit out of the public treasures, and should have a
Hellespontine Phrygia, is mentioned by Xenophon fleet of 200 sail, with unlimited powers of raising
(Cyrop. ii. I. $ 5) as one of the allies of the Assy- soldiers and seamen. This proposition was very
rians against Cyrus and (the supposed) Cyaxares pleasing to the people, on account of the scarcity of
II. (Cyrus. ) On the defeat of the Assyrians, provisions, which the interruption of commerce by
Gabaeus made the best of his way back to his own the pirates had occasioned ; but it was equally dis-
country. (Cyrop. iv. 2. & 30. )
(E. E. ) pleasing to the senators, who distrusted the am-
GABI'NIA GENS, plebeian. The name does bition of Pompey. Party-spirit was carried to such
not occur earlier than the second century B. C. a height that serious riots ensued. Gabinius was
There were no real family names in this gens, but in danger of his life from an attack of the senators.
only a few surnames, namely, Capito (CIMBER), The senators, in turn, were assailed by the popu-
Sisenna, which are accordingly given under GA- lace, who would perhaps have sacrificed the consul,
[J. T. G. ] Calpurnius Piso, to their fury, had not Gabinius
GABINIA'NUS, SEX. JUʻLIUS, a celebrated effected his rescue, dreading the odium and severe
Roman rhetorician, who taught rhetoric in Gaul in re-action which such a catastrophe would have oc-
the time of Vespasian. All further information casioned. When the day of the comitia for put-
concerning him is lost, but we know that he was ting the rogatio to the vote arrived, Gabinius macie
spoken of by Suetonius, in his work de Claris | himself remarkable by his answers to the affected
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193
GABINIUS.
GABINIUS.
. (Tac. de Orat. 26; Euseb. Care est
KR. 8. )
(LS1
NIUS. 1. A. ? GABINICS
, IR LC
d br L. Anicius in the command o a
Scodra in Illyricum, after the sale
ing Gentius. (Lir, xlr. 26. )
IBINIUS, was tribune of the ples, in
nd introduced the first La Tabelarsh
ituted the ballot for open voting (Diz
Tabellariae Leges. ) Porcius Latre Low
itiling th, c. 19) mentions a ler le
ch clandestine assemblies in the air
ble with death, but it is bet kur
jis law lelongs, and even iis eris.
doubted. (Heince. Anteq. ker. .
Dicck, l'ersuche über das Chat
; Halle, 1822, pp. 73, 74. )
1
INIUS, was legatus in the Scal
. C. 89, after a successful camera
si and Lucini, lost his life its
enemy's camp. (Liv. Epile 10;
Oros. v. 18, calls him Cajuk
'S, fought at Chaeropeia in the
is military tribune, ard in the
81, was despaiched by Sala :3
ions to Murena to end the Tu
He was a moderate and br
16. Sall. 16, 17; Appian, Mur.
Manil. 3. )
of uncertain parentage, 538
expensive pleasures, and are
os of dice, wine, and rece.
hair was fragrant sich e
ks were coloured with more
n the dance, and his . .
and song. If we mas tras
Cicero pro Sest 8, 4,
Pison. Il, pro Dosa 34,
icious company, ani led te
gate life. Haring dan
Ich a course of conduct be
as the means of repair
In B. C 66 he was
mored that the me
rates should be given to
did not name Parapes
,
aim, and was alread
lute monarch. Adot:
that the people se
reasons of Pompey for declining the proposed com- | the exile of Cicero occurred ; and the conduct of
mand: "You were not born for yourself alone,” | Gabinius in promoting the views of Clodius pro-
he told Pompey, “but for your country. ” Tre duced that extreme resentment in the mind of
bellius attempted to stop the proceedings by his Cicero, which afterwards found vent on many oc-
veto, whereupon Gabinius proposed that he should casions. The consuls, by an edict, prohibited the
be deprived of his tribuneship. It was not until senate from wearing mourning for the banished
seventeen out of the thirty-five tribes had voted orator, and some of the spoils of Cicero's Tusculan
against his continuance in office, that Trebellius villa were transferred to the neighbouring mansion
withdrew his opposition to the measure of his col- of Gabinius. However, when Clodius quarrelled
league. (Ascon. in Cic. pro Cornel. ) If Gabinius with Pompey, Gabinius remained true to his
had not carried his law, says Cicero (post Red. in original patron, and thus exposed hiniself to the
Sen. 51), such were his embarrassments, that he violence of Clodius, who broke his fasces, and, by
must have turned pirate himself.