Fabius Ambustus was a name used by ancient Roman men from a branch of the ''

gens Fabia The gens Fabia was one of the most ancient patrician families at ancient Rome. The gens played a prominent part in history soon after the establishment of the Republic, and three brothers were invested with seven successive consulships, from ...

'', including: * Quintus Fabius Ambustus, consul 412 BC; son of Quintus, grandson of Marcus *

Caeso Fabius Ambustus Caeso Fabius Ambustus was a four-time consular tribune of the Roman Republic around the turn of the 5th and 4th centuries BC. Caeso was quaestor in 409 BC, the first year the office was opened to the ''plebs'', and three of his colleagues were pl ...

, quaestor 409 BC, four-time military tribune with consular powers (404, 401, 395 390), legate 398 and 39; son of Marcus, grandson of Quintus *

Numerius Fabius Ambustus Numerius (or Gnaeus) Fabius Ambustus ( 406–390 BC) was an ancient Roman commander who was the son of Marcus Fabius Ambustus, and brother to Caeso and Quintus. In 406 BC, he and his forces captured the Volscian city of Anxur (modern Terracina) ...

(praenomen possibly Gnaeus instead), military tribune with consular powers in 406 and 390, legatus in 398 and 391; son of Marcus, grandson of Quintus * Quintus Fabius Ambustus, legate 391, military tribune with consular powers 390; son of Marcus, grandson of Quintus * Marcus Fabius Ambustus, military tribune with consular powers 381 and 369, censor in 363; son of the four-time consular tribune * Gaius Fabius Ambustus, consul 358 BC,

interrex The interrex (plural interreges) was an extraordinary magistrate during the Roman Kingdom and Republic. Initially, the interrex was appointed after the death of the king of Rome until the election of his successor, hence its name—a ruler "betwee ...

355; son of Numerius, and grandson of Marcus * Quintus Fabius Ambustus, magister equitum 344, dictator 321 * Marcus Fabius Ambustus, three-time consul (360, 356, 354 BC,) interrex 356 and 351 (possibly again in 340), dictator 351, possibly one of the ''tres viri ad col. deduc.'' in 334, ''princeps senatus'' at an unknown date; son of Numerius, grandson of Marcus * Marcus Fabius Ambustus, Magister Equitum 322, but possibly to be identified with the three-time consulWhile identifying the Magister Equitum as the consul, Broughton notes that "If Fabius is the active cavalry officer described in battle under the Dictator (Livy 8.38.14ff.) he can hardly be the aged Consul of 354, who could very well have fulfilled the peaceful functions attributed by other sources ... to the Dictator and his staff": ''MRR¹'', p. 150, note 2. * Gaius Fabius Ambustus, suffect Magister Equitum 315, son of Marcus, and grandson of Numerius

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* * T.R.S. Broughton, ''The Magistrates of the Roman Republic'' (American Philological Association, 1952), vol. 2, p. 562. Ancient Roman prosopographical lists .