Ma'ximus, Fa'bius
13. Q.
Fabius Maximus, Q. F. Q. N., was joined with Q. Caelius Rufus in B. C. 59, in the prosecution of C. Antonius Hybrida [ANTONIUS, No. 10] for extortion in his province of Macedonia. (Cic.
in Vatin. 11; Schol. Bob.
in Vatinian. p. 321, Orelli.) For his services as legatus to Caesar in Spain, B. C. 45 (Caes.
B. H. 2, 41), he obtained a triumph and the consulship of that year on Caesar's deposition of it in September. Fabius died on the last day (December 31) of his official year. (
D. C. 43.42,
46; Plin.
H. N 7.53;
Cic. Fam. 7.30;
Liv. Epit. 116; comp.
Macr. 2.3.)
To which of the Fabii Maximi the preceding coin belongs is quite uncertain.
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