Description: (Historiographer)
Quintus Fabius Pictor, an early Roman historian active during the Second Punic War, introduced Greek historiographical methods to Rome in his influential history. He favored Rome, holding Carthage responsible for the war and portraying the Roman Republic as a well-organized state. Fabius may have been a praetor, served in the Senate, and took part in a delegation to the oracle at Delphi. Some scholars consider him one of the earliest annalists, although this perspective has been debated.