Fabius Dorsuo Explained

Fabius Dorsuo was a Roman name used by men of the gens Fabia, including:

• Gaius Fabius Dorsuo (praenomen in one source as Caeso), known for exhibiting exceptional piety during the Gallic siege of Rome in 390 BC, possibly as pontifex; the account, which varies, should perhaps be regarded as legend.^[1]
• Marcus Fabius Dorsuo, consul in 345 BC, possibly also interrex in 340 and in 334 one of the commissioners for establishing a colony (triumviri coloniae deducendae) at Cales.^[2]

Notes and References

1. [T.R.S. Broughton]
2. Broughton, MRR¹, pp. 131, 136, 141.