# 15. Rebuilding a Great House: The Fabian Gens Part 1

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Podcast: [Great Houses](https://stenobird.com/podcast/great-houses-7769932)
Published: 2026-06-04T07:01:00+00:00
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## Resource

In this episode, host Gregory Treat continues the Ancient City series with a deep dive into the Fabian gens — one of Rome's six great aristocratic houses. The episode centers on how House Fabia was nearly wiped out at the Battle of Cremera (479 BC), where all 306 adult male Fabians marched out to establish a frontier fortress and were ambushed and killed, leaving behind a single boy — Quintus Fabius Vibulanus — to rebuild the entire lineage alone.

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