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Encyclopedia entry: Fabius Maximus Rulliānus, Quintus
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Fabius Maximus Rulliānus, Quintus (or
Fabius Maximus Rullus, Quintus
),
a famous Roman general of the Samnite wars, five or six times consul, dictator in 315 BC and perhaps again in 313, censor in 304. He celebrated
triumphs
over Samnites, Etruscans, and Gauls. Livy's account of his numerous exploits in books 8–11, based on ...
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