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Encyclopedia entry: Fabius Maximus Verrucosus
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Fabius Maximus Verrucosus (
Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus
, nicknamed ‘Cunctator’, see below),
grandson or great-grandson of
Fabius Maximus Rullianus
, as consul 233 BC celebrated a triumph over the Ligurians and unsuccessfully opposed the agrarian bill of Gaius
Flaminius
. He was censor 230, consul for the second time 228, and dictator (probably) 221. In 218 he perhaps opposed an immediate declaration of war on Carthage. Dictator again in 217, after the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene, he began his famous policy of attrition, believing that Hannibal could not be defeated in a pitched battle; this earned him the name ‘Cunctator’ (the Delayer). He allowed ...
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Article: Fabius
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... ... His descendant, Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus or Rullus, d. c ... His descendant, Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, d. 203 BC, the opponent ... member of the gens was Quintus Fabius Maximus, fl. 121 BC, consul (121 ...
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