Ma'ximus, Fa'bius
5. Q.
Fabius Maximus, Q. F. Q. N., elder son of the preceding, was curule aedile in B. C. 215, and praetor in 214.
He was stationed in Apulia (
Liv. 24.9,
11,
12), in the neighbourhood of Luceria
ib. 12, 20), and co-operated ably with the other commanders in the second Punic war. (Cic.
pro Rab. Post. 1.)
He was consul in B. C. 213, when Apulia was again his province (
Liv. 24.45,
46). His father in this year served under him as legatus at Suessula. (
Liv. 24.43,
44;
Plut. Fab. 24.)
The younger Fabius was legatus to the consul M. Livius Salinator B. C. 207. (
Liv. 28.9.)
He died soon after this period, and his funeral oration was pronounced by his father. (Cic.
de Nat. Deor. 3.32,
Tuscul. 3.28,
De Sen. 4,
ad Fam. 4.6.)