Quintus Fulvius Nobilior
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Quintus Fulvius Nobilior was a Roman consul
who obtained the consulship in 153 BC.
His father Marcus Fulvius Nobilior
and his brother Marcus Fulvius Nobilior (consul 159 BC)
were also consuls.
Nobilior and his father were patrons of the writer Quintus Ennius.
Quintus Fulvius Nobilior's military career was not very distinguished. He fought a campaign in Spain which was initially directed against the oppidum
of Segeda
, whose Celtiberian
inhabitants, the Belli
, had been strengthening the walls. Segeda was destroyed, but the Belli assembled an army which ambushed the Roman army inflicting heavy losses. Moving west to the meseta, Nobilior laid siege to Numantia
, an oppidum
whose inhabitants were to give Rome trouble for years.
The Roman army faced difficult conditions in the winter and had to withdraw. Nobilior was replaced as consul in 152 BC
by Marcus Claudius Marcellus
.
He was censor with Appius Claudius Pulcher
, probably in 136 BC.
Roman consul
A consul served in the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic.Each year, two consuls were elected together, to serve for a one-year term. Each consul was given veto power over his colleague and the officials would alternate each month...
who obtained the consulship in 153 BC.
His father Marcus Fulvius Nobilior
Marcus Fulvius Nobilior
Marcus Fulvius Nobilior , Roman general, a member of one of the most important families of the patrician Fulvius gens....
and his brother Marcus Fulvius Nobilior (consul 159 BC)
Marcus Fulvius Nobilior (consul 159 BC)
Marcus Fulvius Nobilior was a Roman politician. He is not to be confused with his father who was also called Marcus Fulvius Nobilior and who also served as consul....
were also consuls.
Nobilior and his father were patrons of the writer Quintus Ennius.
Quintus Fulvius Nobilior's military career was not very distinguished. He fought a campaign in Spain which was initially directed against the oppidum
Oppidum
Oppidum is a Latin word meaning the main settlement in any administrative area of ancient Rome. The word is derived from the earlier Latin ob-pedum, "enclosed space," possibly from the Proto-Indo-European *pedóm-, "occupied space" or "footprint."Julius Caesar described the larger Celtic Iron Age...
of Segeda
Segeda
Segeda is an ancient settlement, near today's Zaragoza in modern-day Spain. Originally it was a Celtiberian town, whose inhabitants, the Belli, gave it the name Sekeida. In 153 BC it was destroyed in a war with the Romans. Soon after, a new settlement was built on a nearby site...
, whose Celtiberian
Celtiberians
The Celtiberians were Celtic-speaking people of the Iberian Peninsula in the final centuries BC. The group used the Celtic Celtiberian language.Archaeologically, the Celtiberians participated in the Hallstatt culture in what is now north-central Spain...
inhabitants, the Belli
Belli
The Belli, also designated ‘Beli’ or ‘Belaiscos’ were an ancient pre-Roman Celtic Celtiberian people that lived in the modern Spanish province of Zaragoza from the 3rd Century BC.- Origins :.The Belli were of Celtic origin and part of the Celtiberians...
, had been strengthening the walls. Segeda was destroyed, but the Belli assembled an army which ambushed the Roman army inflicting heavy losses. Moving west to the meseta, Nobilior laid siege to Numantia
Numantia
Numantia is the name of an ancient Celtiberian settlement, whose remains are located 7 km north of the city of Soria, on a hill known as Cerro de la Muela in the municipality of Garray....
, an oppidum
Oppidum
Oppidum is a Latin word meaning the main settlement in any administrative area of ancient Rome. The word is derived from the earlier Latin ob-pedum, "enclosed space," possibly from the Proto-Indo-European *pedóm-, "occupied space" or "footprint."Julius Caesar described the larger Celtic Iron Age...
whose inhabitants were to give Rome trouble for years.
The Roman army faced difficult conditions in the winter and had to withdraw. Nobilior was replaced as consul in 152 BC
152 BC
Year 152 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Marcellus and Flaccus...
by Marcus Claudius Marcellus
Marcus Claudius Marcellus (consul 166 BC)
Marcus Claudius Marcellus was Roman consul for year 166 BC , for 155 BC , and for 152 BC ....
.
He was censor with Appius Claudius Pulcher
Appius Claudius Pulcher (consul 143 BC)
Appius Claudius Pulcher was a Roman politician of the 2nd century BC.-Life:Son of Gaius Claudius Pulcher , he was appointed consul in 143 BC, and, to obtain a pretext for a triumph, attacked the Salassi, an Alpine tribe...
, probably in 136 BC.