Gallus, Fadius
1. M. Fadius Gallus, an intimate friend of Cicero and Atticus, appears to have been a man of great acquirements and of an amiable character. Among Cicero's letters there are several (ad Fam. 7.23-27) which are addressed to M. Fadius. It seems that during the civil war he belonged to the party of Caesar, and fought under him as legate in Spain in B. C. 49.
Confusion about his name
It should be observed that in most editions of Cicero his name is wrongly given as M. Fabius Gallus.
Works
Eulogy on M. Porcius Cato
He was a follower of Epicurus in his philosophical views, but nevertheless wrote an eulogy on M. Porcius Cato Uticensis, which is lost.
Further Information
Cic. Fam. 2.14, 7.24, 9.25, 13.59, 15.14, ad Att. 7.3, 8.3, 12, 13.49.
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.