Gaius Fabius Pictor was a Roman politician in the third century BC.
He was a member of gens Fabia. His father, after the end of the Second Samnite War, had made a vow to the Temple of Quirinius, and in 304 BC ordered it to be decorated with painted images, thus his cognomen Pictor.[1] Gaius Fabius Pictor's brother was the consul Numerius Fabius Pictor in 266 BC.
Career
Gaius himself served as consul in 269 BC with Quintus Ogulnius Gallus as his colleague.[2] In that year, he waged war against the tribes of the Samnites and the Messapians. In addition, silver coins were first minted in Italy.[3]
