the Delayer

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ancient Roman general ancient Roman politician consul of the Roman Republic dictator of the Roman Republic nickname

The Delayer was the famous nickname of Roman general and statesman Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, renowned for his cautious, attritional tactics against Hannibal during the Second Punic War.

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Label Occurrences
the Delayer canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman general ⓘ
ancient Roman politician ⓘ
consul of the Roman Republic ⓘ
dictator of the Roman Republic ⓘ
nickname ⓘ
activeInConflict Second Punic War ⓘ
citizenship Roman Republic ⓘ
cognomen Maximus ⓘ
Verrucosus ⓘ
culture Roman Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Rome
deathPlace Rome ⓘ
era 3rd century BC ⓘ
influenced concept of Fabian strategy in later military theory ⓘ
knownFor Fabian strategy ⓘ
attritional tactics ⓘ
cautious military strategy ⓘ
language English ⓘ
meaning the Delayer self-link ⓘ
memberOf gens Fabia ⓘ
nickname Cunctator ⓘ
the Delayer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
nomen Fabius ⓘ
notableBattle campaigns against Hannibal in Italy ⓘ
opponent Hannibal (Carthaginian general) ⓘ
surface form: Hannibal Barca
originalForm Cunctator ⓘ
originalLanguage Latin ⓘ
positionHeld consul ⓘ
dictator ⓘ
princeps senatus ⓘ
praenomen Quintus ⓘ
refersTo Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus ⓘ
strategyCharacteristic avoidance of pitched battle ⓘ
harassing enemy supply lines ⓘ
wearing down the enemy over time ⓘ

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Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus → nicknameMeaning → the Delayer ⓘ
Cunctator → nicknameMeaning → the Delayer ⓘ
the Delayer → meaning → the Delayer self-link ⓘ
the Delayer → nickname → the Delayer self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus
Verrucosus → meaning → the Delayer ⓘ
subject surface form: Cunctator