These frag-
losopher, from whom Athenaeus (iv.
losopher, from whom Athenaeus (iv.
William Smith - 1844 - Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities - b
)
nothing of the subsequent fate of Eutyches, except 3. A sculptor, whose name occurs in a sepulchral
that Leo wrote to beg Marcian and Pulcheria to epigram in the Greek Anthology. (Brunck, Anal,
send him into banishment, with what success does vol. iii. p. 307 ; Jacobs, vol. iv. p. 274, No.
not appear. There are extant a confession of faith DCCXIX. )
(P. S. )
presented by Eutyches to the council of Ephesus EUTY'CHIUS, the grammarian. [EUTSCHES. ]
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EZEKIELUS.
129
CHIUS.
d two petitions to the
-il. vol. iv. pp. 134, 241,
is are in existence. This
ong the monks bp Ecer
,
and to such an extas
to send an armed forces
rs of Eutyches, bonete
Zysites, continued to pre
zh with little succes, til
ent revival of those da
Latin among
auspices of Jacob Bar
Edessa, A. D. 588. Fra
obites, and under this
numerous church, a
opts belong. (Eratin,
1, Ep. 79, 82, 92, &c. ;
Tit. rol i. ; Neander,
) (G. E. LC]
MAZON. )
Yards). There are
the bistory of Cos
d an historian, and
of Constantise the
-tary of the engen,
further is kpore
Frig. Consdort 17. )
thius the historiaa,
history of his o97
chianus (Agzti
[LS]
avós), a physica
)
the fourth century
dical fortial in
(De Medies. C
he title of .
e same phracit
EXAENETUS.
EUTY'CHIUS (EUTÚX1os), was originally a | 416 (Ol. 91) and B. C. 412 (OL. 92. ) On his re-
monk of the town of Amaseia, whence he was sent turn from Olympia, Exaenetus was escorted into
by his fellow-citizens to Constantinople, as proxy the city by a magnificent procession of 300 cha-
for their bishop. The great talent he displayed in riots, each drawn by two white horses. (Diod.
Bome theological controversy gained him general xiii. 34, 82; Aelian, V. H. q. 8. ) (L. S. ]
admiration, and the emperor in A. D. 553 raised EXEDARES. (ARSACIDAB, p. 363, a. ]
him to the highest dignity in the church at Con- EXI'TIUS, quaestor in B. C. 43, and one of
stantinople. In the same year he accordingly pre Antony's supporters, is called by Cicero (Philipp.
sided at an ecumenical synod, which was held in xiii. 13) the frater (probably the cousin-german)
that city. In A. D. 564, he incurred the anger of of Philadelphus, by which name he means to
the emperor Justinian, by refusing to give his as indicate C. Annius Cimber. [Comp. CIMBER,
Bent to a decree respecting the incorruptibility of ANNIUS. )
the body of Christ previous to his resurrection, EXSUPERA'NTIUS, JU’LIUS, & Roman
and was expelled from his see in consequence. He historian, with regard to whom we possess no in-
was at first confined in a monastery, then trang formation, but who, from the character of his
ported to an island, Princepo, and at last to his style, is believed to have flourished in the fifth or
original convent at Amaseia. In 578, the em- sixth century. Under his name we have a short
peror Tiberius restored him to his sce, which he tract, entitled De Marii, Lepidi, ac Sertorii bellis
henceforth retained until his death in 585, at civilibus, which many suppose to have been
the age of 73. There is extant by him a letter abridged from the Histories of Sallust.
addressed to pope Vigilius, on the occasion of his It will be found appended to the editions of
elevation in A. D. 553. It is printed in Greek and Sallust by Wasse, Cantab. 4to. 1710 ; by Corte,
Acta Synodi quintae, Concil. vol. Lips. 4to. 1724; by Havercamp, Amstel. 4to.
V. p. 425, &c. He also wrote some other treat- | 1742; and by Gerlach, Basil. 4to. 1823. (Mol-
ises, which, however, are lost. (Evagr. iv. 38; lerus, Disp. de Julio Exsuperantio. Allorf. 4to.
Gregor. Moral. xiv. 29 ; Cave, Hist. Lit. vol. i. 1690. )
(W. R. )
p. 413, &c. )
(L. S. ] EX'SUPERATO'RIUS, one of the twelve
EUXENIDAE (Eủčevida), a noble family titles assumed by the Emperor Commodus, who
among the Aeginetans, celebrated by Pindar in his ordained that the month of December should be
ode (Nem. vii. ) in honour of one of its members, distinguished by this name. (COMMODUS. ) (Dion
Sogenes, who was victorious in the boys' pentathlon Cass. Ixxii. 15; Zonar. xii. 5; Lamprid. Commod.
in the 54th Nemead (according to Hermann's emen- 11; Aurel. Vict. de Caes. xvii. ; Eutrop. viii. 7;
dation of the Scholia), that is, in B. C. 461. The Suidas, s. v. Kópodos. )
(W. R. )
poet also mentions the victor's father, Thearion, EXSUPE'RIUS, descended from a family of
with whom he seems to have been intimate. The Bordeaux, was professor of rhetoric first at Tou-
ode contains some considerable difficulties, and has louse, and subsequently at Narbonne, where he
been very differently explained by Böckh, Dissen, became the preceptor of Flavius Julius Delmatius,
and Hermann. (Pindar, l. c. ; Schol. , and Böckh and of his brother Hannibalianus, who, after their
and Dissen's notes ; Hermann, de Sogenis Aegine elevation, procured for their instructor the dignity
tae Victoria quinquertü Dissertatio, Lips. 1822, of Praeses Hispaniae. Having acquired great
Opuscula, vol. iii. p. 22. )
¡P. S. ] wealth, he retired to pass the remainder of his life
EUXENIDAS, a painter, who instructed the in tranquillity at Cahors (Cadurca). He is known
celebrated Aristeides, of Thebes. He flourished to us only from a complimentary address by Auso-
about the 95th or 100th Olympiad, B. C. 400 or 380. nius, who calls upon him to return and shed a
(Plin. H. N. xxxv. 10. s. 36. $ 7. ) [P. S. ] lustre upon the city of his ancestors. (Auson.
EUXE'NIDES. [EVETES. ]
Prof. xvii. )
(W. R. )
EU'XENUS (EŬtevos. ) 1. Is mentioned by EZEKIE'LUS (ESEKIņAos), the author of a
Dionysius of Halicarnassus (i. 34) as a mointis work in Greek entitled itaywi, which is usually
dpxaos, who wrote upon early Italian traditions. As called a tragedy, but which seems rather to have
he is not mentioned anywhere else, and as it is been a metrical history, in the dramatic form, and
strange to find an ancient Greek writing upon Italian in iambic verse, written in imitation of the Greek
mythi, some critics have proposed to read "Evvios, tragedies. The subject was the Exodus of the
instead of Eŭbevos ; but Ennius can scarcely be Israelites from Egypt. The author appears to have
classed among the mythographers.
been a Jew, and to have lived at the court of the
2. Of Heracleia, was the instructor of Apollonius Ptolemies, at Alexandria, about the second century
of Tyana in Pythagorean philosophy, of which he Considerable fragments of the work are
is said to have possessed a very competent know- preserved by Eusebius (Praep. Evang. ix. 28, 29),
ledge. (Philostr. Vit. Apoll. i. 7. ) (LS. ) Clemens Alexandrinus (Strom. i. p. 344, fol. ),
EUXI'THEUS (Eug(0eos), a Pythagorean phi- and Eustathius (ad Hexaëm. p. 25).
These frag-
losopher, from whom Athenaeus (iv. p. 157) quotes ments were first collected, and printed with a
the opinion that the souls of all men were confined Latin version, by Morell, Par. 1580 and 1590,
by the gods to their bodies and to this world as a 8vo. , and were reprinted in the Poetae Christ.
punishment, and that unless they remained there Graec. , Par. 1609, 8vo. , in Lectius's Corpus Poet.
for the period appointed by the deity, they would Graec. Trag. et Com. Col. Allobr. 1614, fol. , in
be doomed to still greater sufferings. [L. S. ) Bignius's Collect. Poet. Christ. , appended to the
EXA'DIUS ('E{áows), one of the Lapithae, Biblioth. Patr. Graec. , Par. 1624, fol. , in the 14th
who distinguished himself in the contest at the volume of the Bibl. Patr. Graec. , Par. 1644–
nuptials of Peirithous. (Hes. Scut. Herc. 180 ; 1654, fol. , and in a separate form, with a German
Ov. Met. xii. 266, &c. )
(L. S. ) translation and notes, by L. M. Philippson, Berlin,
EXAE'NETUS ('Étalvetos), of Agrigentum, 1830, 8vo. (Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. ii. pp. 505-6;
gained victories in the foot race at Olympia, in B. C. / Welcker, die Griech. Tragöd. p. 1270. ) (P. S. )
Dus by Tbeode
[1. A. G. ]
IU'S, a freedom
by Atticus,
Earrchides; bi
2. Caecilas, tis
to T. Caecius
[LS]
1. Oi SICT
S'aced b; Play
19. )
He 528
2. § 4. ) He
Eurotas, in
uriai dizer
sictor Tipos
statue of
ntes, (Pzas
Did werk in
B. C.
Liber, é ice
urble (Ps
z pas is set
unek, de
as ibe Forš
etter Ear
s of Sicca
BIS)
COZESS
in 17
sepz&2
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PS
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130
FABATUS.
FABIA.
1
verse refers to the worship of that godden at La-
nuvium. (Eckhel, vol. v. p. 292, &c. )
F.
FABE'RIUS. l. Seems to have been a debtor
of M. Cicero's, since in several of his letters to
FABA'TUS, CALPU'RNIUS, & Roman Atticus (ad Att. xii. 21, 25, 51, xiii. 8), Cicero
knight, accused by suborned informers in A. D. 64, speaks of him as a person from whom a certain sum
of being privy to the crimes of adultery and magi- was due, and should be demanded, in case of the
cal arts which were alleged against Lepida, the purchase of some gardens in Rome (Horti Drusi-
wife of C. Cassius. By an appeal to Nero, judg. ani, Lamiani, &c. ), which Cicero wished to buy.
ment against Fabatus was deferred, and he eventu- He was however, after a time, disposed to be
ally eluded the accusation. (Tac. Ann. xvi. 8. ) lenient with Faberius (ad Att. xv. 13). If by
Fabatus was grandfather to Calpurnia, wife of the Meto (in Epist. ad Att. xii
. 51) Caesar be meani,
younger Pliny. (Plin. Ep. viii. 10. ) lle possessed in allusion to his reformation of the calendar (Suet.
a country house, Villa Camillinna, in Campania. Cues. 40), the interest on the money owed by Fa-
(11. vi. 30. ) He long survived his son, Pliny's berius tó Cicero may have been affected by the
father-in-law, in memory of whom he crected a extension of the current year B. C. 46. Cicero
portico at Comum, in Cisalpine Gaul. (v. 12. ) Ac- seems to have been cautious of giving offence to
cording to an inscription (Gruter, Inscript. p. 382), Faberius ; and if he were the same person with
Fabatus died at Comum. The following letters Caesar's private secretary, mentioned below, and
are addressed by Pliny to Fabatus, his prosover the transaction between them, as has been sup
(iv. 1, v. 12, vi. 12, 30, vi. 11, 16, 23, 32, viii. posed, referred to property sold or confiscated
10).
(W. B. D. ) during the civil wars, Cicero's reluctance to enforce
FABA'TUS, L. RO'SCIUS, was one of Caesar's payment may in B. C. 45 have been prudent as
lieutenants in the Gallic war, and commanded the well as lenient.
thirteenth legion on the Lower Rhine, in the 2. One of the private secretaries of C. Julius
winter of B. c. 54. It was during this winter that Caesar. After Caesar's assassination, in B. C. 44,
Ambiorix (Ambiorix) induced the Eburones and Antony attached to himself Faberius, by whose aid
Nervii to attack in detail the quarters of the he inserted whatever he chose into the late dic-
Roman legions, but in the operations consequent tator's papers. Since a decree of the senate had
on their revolt Fabatus seems to have taken no previously declared all Caesar's acts, and his will,
part, since the district in which he was stationed valid and binding on the state, Antony, by em-
remained quiet (Caes. B. G. v. 24. ) He apprised ploying one of Caesar's own secretaries, could in-
Caesar, however, of hostile movements in Armorica sert, without danger of detection, whatever he
in the same winter. (Tid. 53. ) Fabatus was one wished into the papers (utourouata), since the au-
of the praetors in B. c. 49, and was sent by Pompey tograph of Faberius made it difficult to distinguish
from Rome to Caesar at Ariminum, with proposals the genuine from the spurious memoranda. (Ap
of accommodation, both public and private. He pian, B. C. iii. 5. ) Dion Cassius (xliv. 3) says
was charged by Caesar with counter-proposals, that Antony secured the services of Caesar's secre-
which he delivered to Pompey and the consuls at taries, but he does not name Faberius. (W. B. D. ]
Capua. (Cic. ad Att. viii. 12; Caes. B. C. i. FA'BIA, the name of two daughters of the patri-
8, 10; Dion Cass. xli. 5. ) Fabatus was des cian M. Fabius Ambustus. The elder was married
patched on a second mission to Caesar by those to Ser. Sulpicius, a patrician, and one of the mili-
members of the Pompeian party who were anxious tary tribunes of the year B. C. 376, and the younger
for peace. (Dion Cass. l. c. ) As Cicero mentions to the plebeian C. Licinius Stolo, who is said to
his meeting with L. Caesar at Minturnae on his have been urged on to his legislation by the vanity
return from Ariminum, and as L. Caesar was the of his wife. Once, so the story runs, while the
companion of Fabatus, at least on their first jour- younger Fabia was staying with her sister, a lictor
ney to and from C. Caesar, Fabatus, though not knocked at the door to announce the return of Ser.
expressly named by him, probably met Cicero at Sulpicius from the forum. This noise frightened
Minturnae also, and communicated Caesar's offers, the younger Fabia, who was unaccustomed to such
January 22. B. C. 49. (Cic. ad Att.
nothing of the subsequent fate of Eutyches, except 3. A sculptor, whose name occurs in a sepulchral
that Leo wrote to beg Marcian and Pulcheria to epigram in the Greek Anthology. (Brunck, Anal,
send him into banishment, with what success does vol. iii. p. 307 ; Jacobs, vol. iv. p. 274, No.
not appear. There are extant a confession of faith DCCXIX. )
(P. S. )
presented by Eutyches to the council of Ephesus EUTY'CHIUS, the grammarian. [EUTSCHES. ]
## p. 129 (#145) ############################################
EZEKIELUS.
129
CHIUS.
d two petitions to the
-il. vol. iv. pp. 134, 241,
is are in existence. This
ong the monks bp Ecer
,
and to such an extas
to send an armed forces
rs of Eutyches, bonete
Zysites, continued to pre
zh with little succes, til
ent revival of those da
Latin among
auspices of Jacob Bar
Edessa, A. D. 588. Fra
obites, and under this
numerous church, a
opts belong. (Eratin,
1, Ep. 79, 82, 92, &c. ;
Tit. rol i. ; Neander,
) (G. E. LC]
MAZON. )
Yards). There are
the bistory of Cos
d an historian, and
of Constantise the
-tary of the engen,
further is kpore
Frig. Consdort 17. )
thius the historiaa,
history of his o97
chianus (Agzti
[LS]
avós), a physica
)
the fourth century
dical fortial in
(De Medies. C
he title of .
e same phracit
EXAENETUS.
EUTY'CHIUS (EUTÚX1os), was originally a | 416 (Ol. 91) and B. C. 412 (OL. 92. ) On his re-
monk of the town of Amaseia, whence he was sent turn from Olympia, Exaenetus was escorted into
by his fellow-citizens to Constantinople, as proxy the city by a magnificent procession of 300 cha-
for their bishop. The great talent he displayed in riots, each drawn by two white horses. (Diod.
Bome theological controversy gained him general xiii. 34, 82; Aelian, V. H. q. 8. ) (L. S. ]
admiration, and the emperor in A. D. 553 raised EXEDARES. (ARSACIDAB, p. 363, a. ]
him to the highest dignity in the church at Con- EXI'TIUS, quaestor in B. C. 43, and one of
stantinople. In the same year he accordingly pre Antony's supporters, is called by Cicero (Philipp.
sided at an ecumenical synod, which was held in xiii. 13) the frater (probably the cousin-german)
that city. In A. D. 564, he incurred the anger of of Philadelphus, by which name he means to
the emperor Justinian, by refusing to give his as indicate C. Annius Cimber. [Comp. CIMBER,
Bent to a decree respecting the incorruptibility of ANNIUS. )
the body of Christ previous to his resurrection, EXSUPERA'NTIUS, JU’LIUS, & Roman
and was expelled from his see in consequence. He historian, with regard to whom we possess no in-
was at first confined in a monastery, then trang formation, but who, from the character of his
ported to an island, Princepo, and at last to his style, is believed to have flourished in the fifth or
original convent at Amaseia. In 578, the em- sixth century. Under his name we have a short
peror Tiberius restored him to his sce, which he tract, entitled De Marii, Lepidi, ac Sertorii bellis
henceforth retained until his death in 585, at civilibus, which many suppose to have been
the age of 73. There is extant by him a letter abridged from the Histories of Sallust.
addressed to pope Vigilius, on the occasion of his It will be found appended to the editions of
elevation in A. D. 553. It is printed in Greek and Sallust by Wasse, Cantab. 4to. 1710 ; by Corte,
Acta Synodi quintae, Concil. vol. Lips. 4to. 1724; by Havercamp, Amstel. 4to.
V. p. 425, &c. He also wrote some other treat- | 1742; and by Gerlach, Basil. 4to. 1823. (Mol-
ises, which, however, are lost. (Evagr. iv. 38; lerus, Disp. de Julio Exsuperantio. Allorf. 4to.
Gregor. Moral. xiv. 29 ; Cave, Hist. Lit. vol. i. 1690. )
(W. R. )
p. 413, &c. )
(L. S. ] EX'SUPERATO'RIUS, one of the twelve
EUXENIDAE (Eủčevida), a noble family titles assumed by the Emperor Commodus, who
among the Aeginetans, celebrated by Pindar in his ordained that the month of December should be
ode (Nem. vii. ) in honour of one of its members, distinguished by this name. (COMMODUS. ) (Dion
Sogenes, who was victorious in the boys' pentathlon Cass. Ixxii. 15; Zonar. xii. 5; Lamprid. Commod.
in the 54th Nemead (according to Hermann's emen- 11; Aurel. Vict. de Caes. xvii. ; Eutrop. viii. 7;
dation of the Scholia), that is, in B. C. 461. The Suidas, s. v. Kópodos. )
(W. R. )
poet also mentions the victor's father, Thearion, EXSUPE'RIUS, descended from a family of
with whom he seems to have been intimate. The Bordeaux, was professor of rhetoric first at Tou-
ode contains some considerable difficulties, and has louse, and subsequently at Narbonne, where he
been very differently explained by Böckh, Dissen, became the preceptor of Flavius Julius Delmatius,
and Hermann. (Pindar, l. c. ; Schol. , and Böckh and of his brother Hannibalianus, who, after their
and Dissen's notes ; Hermann, de Sogenis Aegine elevation, procured for their instructor the dignity
tae Victoria quinquertü Dissertatio, Lips. 1822, of Praeses Hispaniae. Having acquired great
Opuscula, vol. iii. p. 22. )
¡P. S. ] wealth, he retired to pass the remainder of his life
EUXENIDAS, a painter, who instructed the in tranquillity at Cahors (Cadurca). He is known
celebrated Aristeides, of Thebes. He flourished to us only from a complimentary address by Auso-
about the 95th or 100th Olympiad, B. C. 400 or 380. nius, who calls upon him to return and shed a
(Plin. H. N. xxxv. 10. s. 36. $ 7. ) [P. S. ] lustre upon the city of his ancestors. (Auson.
EUXE'NIDES. [EVETES. ]
Prof. xvii. )
(W. R. )
EU'XENUS (EŬtevos. ) 1. Is mentioned by EZEKIE'LUS (ESEKIņAos), the author of a
Dionysius of Halicarnassus (i. 34) as a mointis work in Greek entitled itaywi, which is usually
dpxaos, who wrote upon early Italian traditions. As called a tragedy, but which seems rather to have
he is not mentioned anywhere else, and as it is been a metrical history, in the dramatic form, and
strange to find an ancient Greek writing upon Italian in iambic verse, written in imitation of the Greek
mythi, some critics have proposed to read "Evvios, tragedies. The subject was the Exodus of the
instead of Eŭbevos ; but Ennius can scarcely be Israelites from Egypt. The author appears to have
classed among the mythographers.
been a Jew, and to have lived at the court of the
2. Of Heracleia, was the instructor of Apollonius Ptolemies, at Alexandria, about the second century
of Tyana in Pythagorean philosophy, of which he Considerable fragments of the work are
is said to have possessed a very competent know- preserved by Eusebius (Praep. Evang. ix. 28, 29),
ledge. (Philostr. Vit. Apoll. i. 7. ) (LS. ) Clemens Alexandrinus (Strom. i. p. 344, fol. ),
EUXI'THEUS (Eug(0eos), a Pythagorean phi- and Eustathius (ad Hexaëm. p. 25).
These frag-
losopher, from whom Athenaeus (iv. p. 157) quotes ments were first collected, and printed with a
the opinion that the souls of all men were confined Latin version, by Morell, Par. 1580 and 1590,
by the gods to their bodies and to this world as a 8vo. , and were reprinted in the Poetae Christ.
punishment, and that unless they remained there Graec. , Par. 1609, 8vo. , in Lectius's Corpus Poet.
for the period appointed by the deity, they would Graec. Trag. et Com. Col. Allobr. 1614, fol. , in
be doomed to still greater sufferings. [L. S. ) Bignius's Collect. Poet. Christ. , appended to the
EXA'DIUS ('E{áows), one of the Lapithae, Biblioth. Patr. Graec. , Par. 1624, fol. , in the 14th
who distinguished himself in the contest at the volume of the Bibl. Patr. Graec. , Par. 1644–
nuptials of Peirithous. (Hes. Scut. Herc. 180 ; 1654, fol. , and in a separate form, with a German
Ov. Met. xii. 266, &c. )
(L. S. ) translation and notes, by L. M. Philippson, Berlin,
EXAE'NETUS ('Étalvetos), of Agrigentum, 1830, 8vo. (Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. ii. pp. 505-6;
gained victories in the foot race at Olympia, in B. C. / Welcker, die Griech. Tragöd. p. 1270. ) (P. S. )
Dus by Tbeode
[1. A. G. ]
IU'S, a freedom
by Atticus,
Earrchides; bi
2. Caecilas, tis
to T. Caecius
[LS]
1. Oi SICT
S'aced b; Play
19. )
He 528
2. § 4. ) He
Eurotas, in
uriai dizer
sictor Tipos
statue of
ntes, (Pzas
Did werk in
B. C.
Liber, é ice
urble (Ps
z pas is set
unek, de
as ibe Forš
etter Ear
s of Sicca
BIS)
COZESS
in 17
sepz&2
74. S
PS
Tos)
K
VOL. II.
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130
FABATUS.
FABIA.
1
verse refers to the worship of that godden at La-
nuvium. (Eckhel, vol. v. p. 292, &c. )
F.
FABE'RIUS. l. Seems to have been a debtor
of M. Cicero's, since in several of his letters to
FABA'TUS, CALPU'RNIUS, & Roman Atticus (ad Att. xii. 21, 25, 51, xiii. 8), Cicero
knight, accused by suborned informers in A. D. 64, speaks of him as a person from whom a certain sum
of being privy to the crimes of adultery and magi- was due, and should be demanded, in case of the
cal arts which were alleged against Lepida, the purchase of some gardens in Rome (Horti Drusi-
wife of C. Cassius. By an appeal to Nero, judg. ani, Lamiani, &c. ), which Cicero wished to buy.
ment against Fabatus was deferred, and he eventu- He was however, after a time, disposed to be
ally eluded the accusation. (Tac. Ann. xvi. 8. ) lenient with Faberius (ad Att. xv. 13). If by
Fabatus was grandfather to Calpurnia, wife of the Meto (in Epist. ad Att. xii
. 51) Caesar be meani,
younger Pliny. (Plin. Ep. viii. 10. ) lle possessed in allusion to his reformation of the calendar (Suet.
a country house, Villa Camillinna, in Campania. Cues. 40), the interest on the money owed by Fa-
(11. vi. 30. ) He long survived his son, Pliny's berius tó Cicero may have been affected by the
father-in-law, in memory of whom he crected a extension of the current year B. C. 46. Cicero
portico at Comum, in Cisalpine Gaul. (v. 12. ) Ac- seems to have been cautious of giving offence to
cording to an inscription (Gruter, Inscript. p. 382), Faberius ; and if he were the same person with
Fabatus died at Comum. The following letters Caesar's private secretary, mentioned below, and
are addressed by Pliny to Fabatus, his prosover the transaction between them, as has been sup
(iv. 1, v. 12, vi. 12, 30, vi. 11, 16, 23, 32, viii. posed, referred to property sold or confiscated
10).
(W. B. D. ) during the civil wars, Cicero's reluctance to enforce
FABA'TUS, L. RO'SCIUS, was one of Caesar's payment may in B. C. 45 have been prudent as
lieutenants in the Gallic war, and commanded the well as lenient.
thirteenth legion on the Lower Rhine, in the 2. One of the private secretaries of C. Julius
winter of B. c. 54. It was during this winter that Caesar. After Caesar's assassination, in B. C. 44,
Ambiorix (Ambiorix) induced the Eburones and Antony attached to himself Faberius, by whose aid
Nervii to attack in detail the quarters of the he inserted whatever he chose into the late dic-
Roman legions, but in the operations consequent tator's papers. Since a decree of the senate had
on their revolt Fabatus seems to have taken no previously declared all Caesar's acts, and his will,
part, since the district in which he was stationed valid and binding on the state, Antony, by em-
remained quiet (Caes. B. G. v. 24. ) He apprised ploying one of Caesar's own secretaries, could in-
Caesar, however, of hostile movements in Armorica sert, without danger of detection, whatever he
in the same winter. (Tid. 53. ) Fabatus was one wished into the papers (utourouata), since the au-
of the praetors in B. c. 49, and was sent by Pompey tograph of Faberius made it difficult to distinguish
from Rome to Caesar at Ariminum, with proposals the genuine from the spurious memoranda. (Ap
of accommodation, both public and private. He pian, B. C. iii. 5. ) Dion Cassius (xliv. 3) says
was charged by Caesar with counter-proposals, that Antony secured the services of Caesar's secre-
which he delivered to Pompey and the consuls at taries, but he does not name Faberius. (W. B. D. ]
Capua. (Cic. ad Att. viii. 12; Caes. B. C. i. FA'BIA, the name of two daughters of the patri-
8, 10; Dion Cass. xli. 5. ) Fabatus was des cian M. Fabius Ambustus. The elder was married
patched on a second mission to Caesar by those to Ser. Sulpicius, a patrician, and one of the mili-
members of the Pompeian party who were anxious tary tribunes of the year B. C. 376, and the younger
for peace. (Dion Cass. l. c. ) As Cicero mentions to the plebeian C. Licinius Stolo, who is said to
his meeting with L. Caesar at Minturnae on his have been urged on to his legislation by the vanity
return from Ariminum, and as L. Caesar was the of his wife. Once, so the story runs, while the
companion of Fabatus, at least on their first jour- younger Fabia was staying with her sister, a lictor
ney to and from C. Caesar, Fabatus, though not knocked at the door to announce the return of Ser.
expressly named by him, probably met Cicero at Sulpicius from the forum. This noise frightened
Minturnae also, and communicated Caesar's offers, the younger Fabia, who was unaccustomed to such
January 22. B. C. 49. (Cic. ad Att.
