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

Fabius Maximus, the Dictator, in need of money, sent his son to Rome to sell his sole possession, a little farm of seven jugera.

From The Planters of Colonial Virginia by Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson

Q. Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus, son of the above, consul 121 in Gaul.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various

When some inquisitive woman asked if they really called themselves Fabius Maximus, he replied that it had been a family name for 1,400 years.

From Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 by Waddington, Mary Alsop King

His quarrel with Q. Fabius Maximus Rullianus, his magister equitum, is well known.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various