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Encyclopedia entry: Fabius Maximus Verrucōsus, Cunctātor, Quintus
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Fabius Maximus Verrucōsus, Cunctātor, Quintus
(
c.
275–203 BC), the famous Roman general and consul of the Second Punic War, dictator in 221 and again in 217 after Hannibal destroyed the consul Flaminius and the Roman army at the battle of Lake Trasimene. During the six months of his second period of office he fought a defensive war against Hannibal (see
PUNIC WARS
), and was called in consequence Cunctator, ‘delayer’, by doggedly following Hannibal's movements while avoiding a direct encounter. After Rome ventured on a pitched battle at Cannae in 216 and was disastrously defeated, Fabius' evasive strategy had to be resumed. The name derisively given to him ...
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