Article: Flaminius

Article: Fabius Cunctator
Who's Who in the Classical World;      7 words ...Fabius Cunctator See FABIUS MAXIMUS VERRUCOSUS .

Article: Fabius Maximus Verrucosus
Who's Who in the Classical World;      356 words ...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...

Article: Fabius
Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      54 words ...Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 Fa|bi|us (fa'be s) (full name Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus) died 203 b.c.; Rom. general & statesman: defeated Hannibal in the second Punic War by a cautious strategy of delay and avoidance...

Article: Fabian
The Oxford American College Dictionary;      84 words ......persistent and dilatory strategy to wear out an enemy. DERIVATIVES: Fa·bi·an·ism / -izəm / n. Fa·bi·an·ist / -ist / n. ORIGIN: late 18th cent. : from the name of Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus (see Fabius ).

Article: Fabius Maximus Rulliānus, Quintus
The Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature;      108 words ...Fabius Maximus Rulliānus, Quintus (or Fabius Maximus Rullus, Quintus ), a famous Roman general of the Samnite wars, five or six times consul, dictator in 315 BC and perhaps again in 313, censor in 304. He celebrated triumphs over Samnites...

Article: Fabius Maximus Rullianus
Who's Who in the Classical World;      270 words ...Fabius Maximus Rullianus ( Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus ), consul 322, 310, 308, 297, 295 BC...duplicates of incidents from the career of Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus (Cunctator). Thus his supposed clash with Lucius...

Article: Fabius Maximus Verrucōsus, Cunctātor, Quintus
The Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature;      254 words ...Fabius Maximus Verrucōsus, Cunctātor, Quintus ( c. 275–203 BC), the famous Roman general and consul of the Second Punic War...

Article: Dĕcius Mus, Publius
The Concise Oxford Companion to Classical Literature;      78 words ......enemy ranks to his death. His son of the same name played a similar part in 295 BC at the battle of Sentīnum (Sentino) against the Samnites. The latter instance of devotio is more likely to be historical (see FABIUS MAXIMUS RULLIANUS ).

Article: Wilfrid Ward: A religious fabius maximus
The Catholic Historical Review;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......the feebleness of a roi faineant, but the consummate statesmanship of a true ruler. The article was entitled "A Political Fabius Maximus" and its author was Wilfrid Ward (1856-1916), a good friend of Balfour and a leading Catholic thinker of the day.1 Ward...

Article: Blair is now putting the euro on hold There is a shift in the Whitehall mood on Europe which is likely to postpone a referendum for years, says PETER KELLNER. This has more to do with politics than with economics
Evening Standard - London;  November 16, 1999 ;     700+ words ......tactic back to the third century BC and the Roman commander Fabius Maximus, whose cautious, delaying tactics finally secured victory...with economics and everything to do with politics. Like Fabius Maximus, Tony Blair has judged that he does not have the troops...

Article: ASK THE GLOBE
The Boston Globe;  January 16, 1990 ;     93 words ......was founded by a group of British socialists in 1884. The World Book Encyclopedia says the society was named for Quintus Fabius Maximus, a Roman general who defeated Hannibal in the second Punic War by avoiding direct encounters. Fabians differ from communists...

Article: Fabian tactics
A New Dictionary of Eponyms;      215 words ......tactics The tactics of delay and exerting great caution before proceeding were the strategy of the Roman general Quintus Fabius Maximus, who died circa 203 B.C. He was called the Cunctator (delayer), a nickname given because of his wariness. His tactics gave...

Article: Ancient & modern
The Spectator;  April 5, 2003 ;     392 words ......are complaining that the Iraqi army is refusing to confront the coalition forces head-on. Very sensible of them. Quintus Fabius Maximus (charmingly known as Verrucosus, `covered in warts') would have applauded. In 218 BC Hannibal brought his Carthaginian army...

Article: Scipio Aemilianus
Who's Who in the Classical World;      700+ words ......Paullus , adopted as a child by Publius Cornelius Scipio, son of Scipio Africanus , as his elder brother was by a Quintus Fabius Maximus. In 168 he fought under Paullus at Pydna. Back in Rome, he met Polybius , who became his friend and his mentor in preparing...