biography
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Fabius Maximus, Quintus
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known as Fabius Cunctator (Lat ‘the delayer’)
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pronunciation:
[faybius maksimus]
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.260–203 BC)
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| biography:
| Roman general, statesman, and hero of the Second Punic War, whose refusal to engage Hannibal in set battle earned him his nickname. Originally a term of abuse, it became an honorific title after 216 BC, when Rome's massive and unnecessary defeat at the Battle of Cannae proved that his cautious tactics had been right. |
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