person
Quintus Fabius Pictor
Fabius
also: Fabium
The earliest Roman historian, who wrote in Greek; Cicero lists him first among the meagre annalists who followed the pontifical annals.
Reading notes
- On Divination §1.43 the Greek annals of our Fabius Pictor
Quintus Fabius Pictor, the earliest Roman historian, wrote his history in Greek. Cicero cites his account of a prophetic dream of Aeneas.