Nobilior
Nōbĭlĭor, ōris, m. [nobilis],
- a family name in the gens Fulvia, e. g. M. Fulvius Nobilior, the vanquisher of the Aetolians and the friend of Ennius, Liv. 37, 47; 39, 5; 40, 45.
Nōbĭlĭor, (15) ōris, m. , surnom des Fulvii : Liv. 37, 47 ; 39, 5.
Nobilior
The name of a distinguished family of the Fulvia gens. The most distinguished member of the family was M. Fulvius Nobilior, consul B.C. 189, when he conquered the Aetolians, and took the town of Ambracia. He had a taste for literature and art, and was a patron of the poet Ennius, who accompanied him in his Aetolian campaign (Cic. Tusc. i. 2).