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* Fabius Maximus Cunctator, Roman general and statesman whose cautious delaying tactics ( which have led to his surname Cunctator, meaning " delayer ") during the early stages of the Second Punic War has given Rome time to recover its strength and take the offensive against the invading Carthaginian army of Hannibal ( b. c. 275 BC )
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Roman Dictator Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus — Cunctator
Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus Cunctator ( ca.
Descended from an ancient patrician gens Fabii, he was the son of Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges, a grandson of another Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges and a great-grandson of Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus, all famous Consuls.
He was also Chief Augur ( at a very young age ) and Pontifex, but never Pontifex Maximus according to Gaius Stern ( citing Livy on Fabius ).
" Virgil, in the Aeneid, has Aeneas ' father Anchises mention Fabius Maximus while in Hades as the greatest of the many great Fabii, quoting the same line.
Their name derives from the tactics of Quintus Fabius Maximus.
* Encyclopaedia Britannica, Fabius Maximus Cunctator
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Fabius and Cunctator
The Romans were unimpressed with this defensive strategy and at first gave Fabius his epithet Cunctator as an insult.
Indeed, Fabius received the surname " Cunctator " (" the Delayer ") because of his policy of not meeting Hannibal in open battle but through guerilla, scorched earth tactics.
** Fabius Maximus Cunctator, Roman general and statesman whose cautious delaying tactics ( which have led to his surname Cunctator, meaning " delayer ") during the early stages of the Second Punic War has given Rome time to recover its strength and take the offensive against the invading Carthaginian army of Hannibal ( b. c. 275 BC )
* The Romans under Fabius Maximus Cunctator capture Tarentum ( modern Taranto ), which the Carthaginian general Hannibal has held for three years.
Fabius gains the name Cunctator ( The Delayer ) for this strategy.
* 209 – 203 BC: Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus Cunctator.
* The " delaying " tactics of Quintus Fabius Maximus " Cunctator " against Hannibal Barca during the Second Punic War.
Even the wealthy Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus did not hesitate in giving his two oldest boys up for adoption, one to the Cornelii Scipiones ( Scipio Aemilianus, the winner of the Third Punic War ) the other to Quintus Fabius Maximus Cunctator.
* Quintus Fabius Q. f. Q. n. Maximus Verrucosus, afterwards surnamed Cunctator, consul in 233, 228, 215, 214 and 209 BC, censor in 230, and dictator in 221 and 217, princeps senatus ; triumphed in 233.
Rullianus ' son was Fabius Gurges, and his great-grandson the Fabius Maximus, Cunctator, of the Second Punic War.
Although Rullianus ' fame is undoubted, the main source of his life is Livy, who in turn worked from annals by Fabius Pictor and others, and many of the details are suspiciously similar to stories of the Cunctator.
This strategy of attrition earned Fabius the cognomen " Cunctator " ( the Delayer ).
* Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus Cunctator ( d. 203 BC ), the general, five-time consul and censor most often called Fabius Maximus.
See Der deutsche Fabius Cunctator, oder Leben und Thaten seiner Excellentz, des Herrn Leopold Joseph Maria Reichsgrafen von Daun ...
Fabius and Roman
During Virgil's time Aeneas was well-known and various versions of his adventures were circulating in Rome, including Roman Antiquities by Greek historian Dionysius of Halicarnassus ( relying on Marcus Terentius Varro, Ab Urbe Condita by Livy ( probably dependent on Quintus Fabius Pictor, fl.
Q. Fabius Pictor ( c. 250 BC ) tells that Roman consuls started for the first time 239 years after Rome's foundation.
The Roman Senate decided to appoint a Roman Dictator, and chose Fabius for the role, in part due to his advanced age and experience.
Then Fabius quickly sought to calm the Roman people by asserting himself as a strong Dictator at the moment of what was perceived to be the worst crisis in Roman history.
It is not known if Fabius truly believed that these actions had won the gods over to the Roman side, although the actions probably did ( as intended ) convince the average Roman that the gods had finally been won over.
The strategy was in part ruined because of a lack of unity in the command of the Roman army, since Fabius ' Master of the Horse, Minucius, was a political enemy of Fabius.
He rallied the people, through the Roman assemblies, and won their support for his plan to abandon Fabius ' strategy, and engage Hannibal directly.
When word reached Rome of the disastrous Roman defeat under Varro and Paullus at the Battle of Cannae, the Senate and the People of Rome turned to Fabius for guidance.
Fabius wished to ensure that sufficient forces remained to defend Roman territory if Scipio was defeated.
Fabius died in 203 BC, shortly after Hannibal's army left Italy, but before he could see the eventual Roman victory over Hannibal at the Battle of Zama won by Scipio.
Departing from Roman military traditions, Fabius adopted the strategy named after him: avoiding open battle, while placing several Roman armies in Hannibal ’ s vicinity in order to watch and limit his movements.
The Roman army under Quintus Fabius Maximus intentionally deprived Hannibal of open battle, while making it difficult for Hannibal to forage for supplies.
The main literary sources for Servius ' life and achievements are the Roman historian Livy ( 59 BC – AD 17 ), his near contemporary Dionysius of Halicarnassus, and Plutarch ( c. 46 – 120 AD ); their own sources included works by Quintus Fabius Pictor, Diocles of Peparethus and Quintus Ennius.
* Paullus Fabius Persicus and Lucius Vitellius become Roman consuls.
* Lucius Fabius Cilo and Marcus Annius Flavius Libo become Roman Consuls.
* Fabius Maximus Rullianus, Roman Consul, in office 322, 310, 308, 297, 295 BC
* Africanus Fabius Maximus and Iullus Antonius are Roman Consuls.
* Quintus Aelius Tubero and Paullus Fabius Maximus are Roman Consuls.
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