Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus

Reading notes

• The History of Rome, Book 22 §8 Quintus Fabius Maximus

  Surnamed Cunctator, 'the Delayer'; dictator in 217 BC, whose strategy of avoiding battle wore Hannibal down.

• The History of Rome, Book 23 §21 Quintus Fabius Maximus

  Quintus Fabius Maximus 'the Delayer' (Cunctator), five times consul, whose cautious strategy steadied Rome; consul again (suffect) in 215 BC.

• The History of Rome, Book 24 §7 Quintus Fabius, by authority of the senate, fortified Puteoli

  Quintus Fabius Maximus 'the Delayer' (Cunctator), five times consul, here consul for the fourth time and the steadying hand of Rome's war.

• The History of Rome, Book 26 §12 Fabius Maximus

  Quintus Fabius Maximus "the Delayer"; here he argues against abandoning Capua to chase Hannibal to Rome.

• The History of Rome, Book 27 §6 Quintus Fabius Maximus

  Quintus Fabius Maximus 'Cunctator,' five-times consul; the cautious elder statesman, here consul for the fifth time and taker of Tarentum.

• The History of Rome, Book 28 §40 Quintus Fabius Maximus

  Quintus Fabius Maximus 'Cunctator,' the elder statesman who argues against Scipio's African design.

• The History of Rome, Book 29 §37 Quintus Fabius Maximus

  Quintus Fabius Maximus 'Cunctator', chosen leader of the Senate a second time; the great cautious elder statesman.

• The History of Rome, Book 30 §26 Quintus Fabius Maximus

  Quintus Fabius Maximus 'Cunctator', the great cautious elder, who dies this year; 'by delaying restored the state'.

• The History of Rome, Book 34 §1 Quintus Fabius

  Quintus Fabius Maximus 'Cunctator,' consul in 215 BC when the Oppian law was passed.