people
the Fabii
also: gens Fabia
The patrician Fabian clan, three hundred and six of whom marched out as a private army and perished at the Cremera against Veii.
Reading notes
- Letters from the Black Sea §1.2 all the Fabii
The patrician Fabian house; the 306 Fabii who fell at the Cremera in 477 BC left a single survivor to continue the line — hence Ovid's praise of Maximus's lineage.
- The Festivals §2.13 Fabii
The patrician Fabian clan; three hundred and six of them marched out as a private army and were annihilated at the Cremera.