Fabius Maximus

American  

[fey-bee-uhs mak-suh-muhs] / ˈfeɪ bi əs ˈmæk sə məs /

noun

1. Quintus Fabius Maximus VerrucosusCunctator, 275–203 b.c., Roman statesman and general: defeated Hannibal's army by harassment without risking a pitched battle.

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Fabius Maximus British  

/ ˈfeɪbɪəs ˈmæksɪməs /

noun

1. full name Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, called Cunctator (the delayer). died 203 _bc , Roman general and statesman. As commander of the Roman army during the Second Punic War, he withstood Hannibal by his strategy of harassing the Carthaginians while avoiding a pitched battle

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Example Sentences

For this he was censured in the Senate by Fabius Maximus, who called him the corruptor of the Roman army.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

There is likewise extant from these Annals the story of the Consul Q. Fabius Maximus making his father, who was then Proconsul, alight from his horse when he came out to meet him.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by Dunlop, John

In 121 B. C. both these peoples were decisively beaten in a great battle near the junction of the Isère and the Rhone by the consul Fabius Maximus and the proconsul Domitius.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

Quintus Fabius Maximus was elected pro-dictator by a vote of the Comitia—not dictator, because that could only be done through appointment by the surviving consul, then absent in Gaul—or none knew where.

From The Lion's Brood by Osborne, Duffield

Meantime the Romans had collected a fresh army, which they placed under the command of Q. Fabius Maximus, who had been elected Dictator by the Comitia of the Centuries.

From A Smaller History of Rome by Smith, William, Sir