Gaius Fabius M. f. N. n. Ambustus was a general and politician of ancient Rome

Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....

. He was the son ap­parently of Marcus Fabius Ambustus, and brother to Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus and to the Marcus Fabius Ambustus

Marcus Fabius Ambustus (magister equitum 322 BC)

Marcus Fabius M. f. N. n. Ambustus was a general and politician of ancient Rome. He was the son ap­parently of Marcus Fabius Ambustus, and brother to the great Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus. He was Master of the Horse in 322 BC....

 who was magister equitum in 322 BC

322 BC

Year 322 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Rullianus and Curvus...

. He himself was appointed Master of the Horse

Master of the Horse

The Master of the Horse was a position of varying importance in several European nations.-Magister Equitum :...

 in 315 BC

315 BC

Year 315 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Cursor and Philo...

 in place of Quintus Aulius Cerretanus

Quintus Aulius Cerretanus

Quintus Aulius Q. f. Q. n. Cerretanus was twice consul in the Second Samnite War, first in 323 BC with Gaius Sulpicius Longus, when he had the conduct of the war in Apulia, and a second time in 319 BC with Lucius Papirius Cursor, when he conquered the Ferentani and received their city into...

, who had fallen in battle while serving as Master of the Horse to Gaius's brother Marcus.