Fabius Maximus

[ fey-bee-uhs mak-suh-muhs ]

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.

Fabius Maximus

/ ˈfeɪbɪəs ˈmæksɪməs /

noun

1. Fabius Maximus203 bcMRomanMILITARY: generalPOLITICS: statesman 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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Quintus Fabius Maximus seemed a man just passing the prime of life.

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Ad summam senectutem vixit Fabius Maximus, dignus tanto cognomine.

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Upon Marcellus's abdicating his office, Fabius Maximus, for the third time, was elected in his room.

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An assembly for the election of consuls was held by Quintus Fabius Maximus.

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He was justly compared to Fabius Maximus, distinguished by the epithet of Cunctator.

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