A Roman patrician, senatorial
Gens
, powerful from the Early Republic to the Early Empire, the Fabii could boast of many consuls, dictators, censors, and
triumphatores
. One of the first voting tribes, the
tribus Fabia
, bore their name. Rome's first native historian was a Fabius, who may be responsible for our knowledge of some of the family's arcana and early history.