Quintus Fabius Ambustus

Roman statesman and commander
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Flourished:
4th century bc
Flourished:
c.400 BCE - c.351 BCE

Quintus Fabius Ambustus (flourished 4th century bc) was a Roman politician and commander who, according to the Roman historian Livy (1st century bc), was responsible for the sack of Rome by the Gauls in or soon after 390. He and two other Fabii were sent as ambassadors to the Gauls while a Gallic army was besieging Clusium (present-day Chiusi). After Quintus Fabius involved his group in a skirmish, the offended Gauls demanded that Rome surrender the culprits to them for having violated the rules of war. By way of reply, however, the Romans elected the three men tribunes with consular ...(100 of 152 words)