Gaius (or Caius) Fabius Pictor made some of the earliest Roman paintings that have survived. At least some of his works were painted in 304 B.C. Fabius, called Picto, a Roman artist, descended from the celebrated family of the Fabii, painted principally at Rome, and in B.C. 304 decorated the Temple of Salus on the Quirinal Hill, with a representat...