'''Numerius Fabius Buteo''' was a Roman politician in the third century and held the consulship in 247 BC.
==Family== He was a member of gens Fabia. His brother was Marcus Fabius Buteo, who held the consulship in 245 BC.<ref name=":0">Hans George Gundel, The New Pauly's Encyclopedia of Classical Antiquity Ch.4 p.367 </ref>
==Career== Numerius Fabius held the consulship himself with Lucius Caecilius Metellus during the First Punic War in 247 BC.<ref name=":1">Pliny the Elder, Natural History, X, 8, 10.</ref> Fabius waged war against the Carthaginians and besieged the town of Drepana, but was unable to take it.<ref name=":2">Valerius Maximus, Famous Sayings, 1, 4.</ref>
In the year 224, Fabius served as Magister equitum with his former colleague, Lucius Caecilius Metellus as dictator.<ref name=":3">Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities, II, 66.</ref>
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Category:3rd-century BC Roman consuls Category:People of the First Punic War Category:Magistri equitum (Roman Republic) Category:Fabii
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