Fabius Maximus

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

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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 /

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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