Career
Paullus Fabius Persicus is believed to have been born in 2 or 1BCE. His cognomen - like the praenomen (Paullus) he shared with his father - was given to him to advertise his natural paternal descent from Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus, who had defeated the last Macedonian monarch, Perseus, in 146BCE.
He subsequently held the posts of quaestor under Tiberius and praetor, though the details of these posts are unknown. His next dated post is in 34, when he became ordinary consul with Lucius Vitellius, the father of the later Roman Emperor, Vitellius. After his consulship, his next post was proconsul of Asia in the reign of Claudius (c 44).
An edict written by Persicus from his time as proconsul of Asia is extant
He seems to have died sometime in the reign of Claudius.
According to Seneca the Younger, Persicus was a particularly vile person, who owed his career more to his ancestry than to his own merit.
