Grice e Fannio

 He became a philosopher after his father in law suggested that he attended the seminar by Panaetius. 

Grice e Fannio FANNIO. C. Fannio conosce Panezio di Rodi per mezzo di C.Lelio, e ne segue l’insegnamento. C. Fannio combattè contro Cartagine, e tribuno della plebe e si distingue contro Viriato.C. Fannio e pretore e console. C. Fannio oppose alla proposta di C. Gracco di concedere la piena cittadinanza romana ai meri latini e i diritti di questi ai meri italici, con una orazione famosa, di cui però, gli e contestata la paternità. C. Fannio scrive un saggio storico spesso ricordata da Cicerone ("Annales"), che forse comincia con le origini di Roma -- e orazioni.  Gaio Fannio Gaius Fannius. Gaius Fannius is a Roman republican philosopher and politician who was elected consul and was one of the principal opponents of Gaius Gracchus. Fannio is a member of the Scipionic Circle. Gaius Fannius was the son of Marcus Fannius (whose brother was probably Gaius Fannius Strabo, the consul). On the assumption that this Gaius Fannius is not the historian who fought in the Punic War, he was a member of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus’s staff in Macedonia, who sent him as part of an embassy to the Achaean League to convince them not to enter the war against Rome. After the embassy was insulted and their warnings disregarded, Fannius left and went to Athens. Fannius next appears, serving with distinction as a military tribune in Hispania Ulterior under Quintus Fabius Maximus Servilianus in his war against Viriathus. Fannius was elected as Plebeian Tribune. Then he was elected to the office of Praetor, during which time he was mentioned in a decree responding to the request for Roman assistance by John Hyrcanus, the ruler of the Hasmonean Kingdom. With the support of the Tribune of the Plebs Gaius Gracchus, Fannius was elected consul, serving alongside Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus. However, once he was in office, he turned against Gracchus, opposing his reforming measures and supporting the traditional senatorial group who were against any reforms which impacted upon their wealth and status. During his consulship he obeyed the Senate's directive and issued a proclamation commanding all of the Italian allies to leave Rome. He also spoke against Gracchus's proposal to extend the franchise to the Latins. Fannius's speech was regarded as an oratorical masterpiece in Cicero's time, and was widely read. Gaius Fannius married Laelia, the daughter of Gaius Laelius Sapiens. On the advice of his father-in-law, Fannius attended the lectures of the Stoic philosopher, Panaetius, at Rhodes. There has been a long-standing debate over whether this Gaius Fannius was the historian who served under Scipio Aemilianus during the Third Punic War, and together with Tiberius Gracchus were the first to mount the walls of Carthage on the capture of the city. Cicero, from whose letters much of this is derived, was incorrect in identifying Fannius the consul as the son of Gaius. Inscriptions clearly reveal that his father was Marcus Fannius. It is now generally accepted that Cicero, although mistaken about some of the details, was probably not mistaken when he distinguished between Gaius Fannius, the Consul and Gaius Fannius, the historian who served under Scipio Aemilianus. See Cornell, T. J. The Fragments of the Roman Historians (2013), pp. 244-247 for a detailed analysis of the evidence. References  Cornell, pg. 246; Broughton III, pg. 89  Broughton I, pg. 468  Broughton I, pg. 478  Cornell, pg. 246  Broughton I, pg. 509  Smith II, pg. 296  Broughton I, pg. 516  Smith II, pg. 297  Cornell, pg. 247; Smith III, pg. 922  Smith III, pg. 922 Sources Broughton, T. Robert S., The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, Vol I (1952) Broughton, T. Robert S., The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, Vol III (1986) Cornell, T. J. The Fragments of the Roman Historians (2013) Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Vol II (1867) Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Vol III (1867) Political offices Preceded by Q. Caecilius Metellus Balearicus T. Quinctius Flamininus Roman consul 122 BC With: Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus                     Succeeded by Lucius Opimius Q. Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus Authority control databases Edit this at Wikidata InternationalFASTISNIVIAF NationalGermanyUnited States PeopleDeutsche Biographie Categories: 2nd-century BC Roman augurs2nd-century BC Roman consulsFannii