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.

Perugia was an Umbrian settlement but first appears in written history as Perusia, one of the 12 confederate cities of Etruria ; it was first mentioned in Q. Fabius Pictor's account, utilized by Livy, of the expedition carried out against the Etruscan league by Fabius Maximus Rullianus in 310 or 309 BC.

The patrician senator Quintus Fabius Pictor used Diocles ' as a source for his own history of Rome, written around the time of Rome's war with Hannibal and probably intended for circulation among Rome's Greek-speaking allies.

He was elected consul in 121 BC with Quintus Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus, and while Fabius was campaigning in Gaul, he took part in perhaps the most decisive event of Roman history to that point.

Later in history, Marcus Fabius Quintilian ( ca.

This is the third time in the history of Fifth Republic ( after Michel Debré and Laurent Fabius ) that a former Prime Minister returned as a Minister in another government ( although some Presidents of the Council of the Fourth Republic were Ministers of the Fifth Republic ).

Fabius ' work utilized the writings of the Greek historian Diocles of Peparethus, who allegedly wrote an early history of Rome.

The most noted use of Fabian strategy in American history was by George Washington, sometimes called the " American Fabius " for his use of the strategy during the first year of the American Revolutionary War.

The first of the annalists, the father of Roman history, as he has been called, was Q. Fabius Pictor ; contemporary with him was Lucius Cincius Alimentus, who flourished during the Hannibalic war ( not to be confused with L. Cincius, the author of various political and antiquarian treatises ( de Fastis, de Comitiis, de Priscis Verbis ), who lived in the Augustan age, to which period Mommsen, considering them a later fabrication, refers the Greek annals of L. Cincius Alimentus ).

Livy regards him as a less trustworthy authority than Fabius Pictor, and Niebuhr considers him the first to introduce systematic forgeries into Roman history.

The Senate now sent a delegation of " all oldish men-Quintus Fabius, Marcus Livius, Lucius Aemilius, Gaius Licinius, and Quintus Baebius " with plenipotentiary powers: the right to withhold or declare war on an ad hoc basis.

The speech was made on behalf of Cicero's client, Marcus Tullius, who claimed legal damages from his neighbor, Publius Fabius, on the basis that Fabius had murdered several of Tullius ' slaves in a property dispute.

Q. Fabius Pictor ( c. 250 BC ) tells that Roman consuls started for the first time 239 years after Rome's foundation.

Fabius Rusticus was a friend of Seneca who was known for historical embellishment and misrepresentation.

The Roman Senate decided to appoint a Roman Dictator, and chose Fabius for the role, in part due to his advanced age and experience.

Upon hearing of this, Fabius became enraged, and as Dictator, he could have ordered Minucius ' execution for his disobedience.

When Fabius ' term as Dictator ended, Consular government was restored, and Gnaeus Servilius Geminus and Marcus Atilius Regulus assumed the Consulship for the remainder of the year.

He rallied the people, through the Roman assemblies, and won their support for his plan to abandon Fabius ' strategy, and engage Hannibal directly.

Fabius had warned the other Consul for the year, Aemilius Paullus, to make sure that Varro remained unable to directly engage Hannibal.

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.

The island was the location of a mock invasion during the military exercise Fabius in May 1944, rehearsing the preparations for D-Day.

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.

* The Romans under Fabius Maximus Cunctator capture Tarentum ( modern Taranto ), which the Carthaginian general Hannibal has held for three years.

* The Roman historian Quintus Fabius Pictor is sent to Delphi in Greece to consult the Oracle for advice about what Rome should do after its defeat in the Battle of Cannae.

Fabius gains the name Cunctator ( The Delayer ) for this strategy.

* Consul Quintus Fabius Maximus, allied with the Aedui, defeated the Arverni and Allobroges in Transalpine Gaul, thus establishing the province for Rome.

This was generally regarded as a rebuke to Chirac and his government as well as the PS leadership, the majority save for the leftist faction and Laurent Fabius — had supported the proposed constitution.

It is reported by Plutarch, that the lenient discipline of the troops under Scipio's command, and the exaggerated expense incurred by the general, provoked the protest of Cato ; that Scipio immediately afterwards replied angrily, saying he would give an account of victories, not of money ; that Cato left his place of duty after the dispute with Scipio about his alleged extravagance, and returning to Rome, condemned the uneconomical activities of his general to the senate ; and that, at the joint request of Cato and Fabius, a commission of tribunes was sent to Sicily to examine the behavior of Scipio, who was found not guilty upon the view of his extensive and careful arrangements for the transport of the troops.

* Fabius Maximus Rullianus becomes consul for the fourth time.

* The Battle of Sentinum west of Anconum ends in defeat for a formidable coalition of Samnites, Etruscans, Umbrians, and their Gallic allies at the hands of the Roman legions commanded by consuls Publius Decius Mus ( who is killed in the battle ) and Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus.

* Quintus Fabius Vibulanus becomes consul of the Roman Republic for the first of three times.

** 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 )

* 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 early settlers probably considered this area between the North Fabius River and the Middle Fabius River to be productive farming land with water nearby.

Quintus Fabius Ambustus ( flourished early 4th century BCE ) was a politician in the Roman Republic, the son of Marcus Fabius Ambustus ( pontifex maximus 390 BC ).

The most useful books of botany, pharmacy and medicine used by students and scholars were supplemented commentaries on Dioscorides, including the works of Fuchs, Anguillara, Mattioli, Maranta, Cesalpino, Dodoens, Fabius Columna, Gaspard and Johann Bauhin, and De Villanueva / Servetus.

Varro succeeded by maligning Fabius during the election process, and in directing the " limelight " onto himself ( Livy's descriptions ) such that he succeeded in taking the reins and ousting Fabius.

The fact that Paullus wrested control of the right wing is foreseen in Livy's own account of Fabius exhorting his friend prior to the battle to be wary the rashness of Varro and the inevitable portents.

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.

Her story is told in the first book of Ab Urbe Condita of Livy and in fragments from Ennius, Annales and Fabius Pictor.