Fabius Maximus
Fa'bl-us Max'I-mus, (Quintus,) a son of the following,
and grandson by adoption of Paulus ^Emilius,
was chosen consul 122 B.C. Having the department of
Transalpine Gaul, he carried on a successful war against
the Arverni and the Allobroges. On one occasion he
defeated the enemy, who lost 120,000 men, while the
loss of the Romans was very small. For...
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Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus Cunctator (ca. 280 BC–203
BC), was a Roman politician and general, born in Rome around
280 BC and died in Rome in 203 BC. He was Roman Consul five
times (233 BC, 228 BC, 215 BC, 214 BC and 209 BC) and was
twice Dictator in 221 and again in 217 BC. He reached the
office of Roman Censor in 230 BC. His agnomen Cu...
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Q. Maxĭmus Verrucōsus, the celebrated opponent of Hannibal.
He is said to have been called Verrucosus from a wart on his
lip, verruca being the Latin name for "a wart." In his first
consulship he triumphed over the Ligurians. After the
victory of Hannibal at Lake Trasimenus (B.C. 217), he was
named prodictator by the unanimous voice of the peo...
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