Fabii were among the most illustrous patrician clans. According to tradition, they provided a private army, consisting of only family members and their clients, to fight the Etruscans, and were exterminated by the enemy in toto, with the exception of one man whose descendant was Quintus Fabius Maximus Cunctator, the famous general in the war with Hannibal.
Fabii were among the most illustrous patrician clans. According to tradition, they provided a private army, consisting of only family members and their clients, to fight the Etruscans, and were exterminated by the enemy in toto, with the exception of one man whose descendant was Quintus Fabius Maximus Cunctator, the famous general in the war with Hannibal.
