Numerius Fabius Buteo was a Roman politician in the third century and held the consulship in 247 BC.
Family
He was a member of gens Fabia. His brother was Marcus Fabius Buteo, who held the consulship in 245 BC.[1]
Career
Numerius Fabius held the consulship himself with Lucius Caecilius Metellus during the First Punic War in 247 BC.[2] Fabius waged war against the Carthaginians and besieged the town of Drepana, but was unable to take it.[3]
In the year 224, Fabius served as Magister equitum with his former colleague, Lucius Caecilius Metellus as dictator.[4]
References
- ^ Hans George Gundel, The New Pauly's Encyclopedia of Classical Antiquity Ch.4 p.367
- ^ Pliny the Elder, Natural History, X, 8, 10.
- ^ Valerius Maximus, Famous Sayings, 1, 4.
- ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities, II, 66.