Gaius Fabius Dorsuo Licinus

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Gaius Fabius Dorsuo Licinius was a Roman politician in the third century BC.

He was a member of gens Fabia. Marcus Fabius Dorsuo, consul of 345 BC, seems to be his grandfather. Marcus Fabius Licinius, who was consul in 246 BC, was his son. [1]

Gaius Fabius Dorsuo Licinius himself held the consulship in 273 BC with Gaius Claudius Canina as his colleague. [2]

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References

  1. Titus Livius XIV
  2. Velleius Paterculus, History of Rome, 1, 14, 7