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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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

A dictator was appointed, Quintus Fabius Maximus, who saw that, by strengthening all the garrisons in the towns and cutting off all provisions, he should wear the enemy out at last.

From Young Folks' History of Rome by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

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

Of the older Romans, Cato attached himself particularly to Fabius Maximus, a man of the greatest renown and power, although it was his disposition and mode of life which Cato especially desired to imitate.

From Plutarch's Lives, Volume II by Stewart, Aubrey

Prince Massimo bears in his shield the trace of the marchings and counter-marchings of Fabius Maximus, otherwise called Cunctator.

From The Roman Question by About, Edmond