person
Quintus Fabius Maximus (suffect consul 45 BC)
Q. Maximus
also: Q. Maximi, Q. Maximus, Fabius Maximus
Caesarian partisan made suffect consul by Caesar in October 45 BC; he died on the morning of 31 December 45 BC, the last day of his term, prompting Caesar to appoint Caninius Rebilus consul for the remaining hours. The 'consul they were calling consul' whose curule chair was set up and then removed when his death was announced (Fam. 7.30). Distinct from Q. Fabius Maximus Cunctator (person:q-fabius-maximus-cunctator).
Reading notes
- Ad Familiares 7.30 §1 the curule chair of Q. Maximus
The sella curulis was the ivory folding stool that marked a curule magistrate (consul, praetor, curule aedile). Q. Fabius Maximus, Caesar's suffect consul, died on the last morning of his term; his chair was set out for the elections and then removed when his death was announced.