Φάβιος Πίκτωρ
Fabius Pictor
Translated by Catharine Roth22 May 2002Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Fabius Pictor], a historian of [the] Romans. This man says that it is not permissible for any official of [the] Romans to appropriate to himself anything from public property.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φάβιος Πίκτωρ, συγγραφεὺς Ῥωμαίων. οὗτος λέγει ἄρχοντι Ῥωμαίων μὴ ἐξεῖναι μηδενὶ σφετερίσασθαι ἐκ τοῦ δημοσίου ὁτιοῦν.
Betacode
*fa/bios *pi/ktwr, suggrafeu\s *(rwmai/wn. ou(=tos le/gei a)/rxonti *(rwmai/wn mh\ e)cei=nai mhdeni\ sfeteri/sasqai e)k tou= dhmosi/ou o(tiou=n.
Notes
- Quintus Fabius Pictor (cf. pi 1594), the first Roman historian (C3 BC), wrote in Greek a history of the first and second Punic Wars. Livy refers to him as scriptorum antiquissimus (1.44.2: web address 1). The family acquired the cognomen Pictor from the historian's grandfather, who learned painting among the Etruscans.
Adler notes that Valesius (Henri de Valois, 1603-1676) attributed the present entry to Polybius.
References
OCD4 'Fabius Pictor'
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history5 revisions · last 8 Sep 2021
- another keyword — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expansions to notes; tweaks; raised status — David Whitehead
- more keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
- augmented note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth