Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus

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Roman general Roman statesman censor of the Roman Republic consul of the Roman Republic dictator of the Roman Republic human patrician

Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus was a Roman statesman and general of the Second Punic War, famed for his cautious delaying tactics against Carthaginian forces that earned him the nickname "Cunctator" (the Delayer).

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Label Occurrences
Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus canonical 13
Fabius 3
Fabius Maximus Cunctator 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman general ⓘ
Roman statesman ⓘ
censor of the Roman Republic ⓘ
consul of the Roman Republic ⓘ
dictator of the Roman Republic ⓘ
human ⓘ
patrician ⓘ
avoided direct large-scale engagement with superior enemy forces ⓘ
birthPlace Rome ⓘ
cognomen Maximus ⓘ
Verrucosus ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Roman Republic ⓘ
culture Ancient Roman culture ⓘ
describedIn works of Livy ⓘ
works of Plutarch ⓘ
enemy Carthage ⓘ
era Roman Republic ⓘ
surface form: Middle Roman Republic
familyName Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Fabius
gens gens Fabia ⓘ
heldOffice Roman censor ⓘ
Roman consul ⓘ
Roman dictator ⓘ
honorificTitle Maximus ⓘ
influenced concept of Fabian strategy in later military theory ⓘ
knownFor Fabian strategy ⓘ
cautious delaying tactics against Hannibal ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
legacy namesake of Fabian tactics ⓘ
memberOf Roman Senate ⓘ
militaryConflict Punic Wars ⓘ
surface form: Roman–Carthaginian conflict
militaryRank general ⓘ
militaryTheater Italian Peninsula ⓘ
nickname Cunctator ⓘ
nicknameMeaning the Delayer ⓘ
notableBattle campaigns against Hannibal in Italy ⓘ
opponent Hannibal (Carthaginian general) ⓘ
surface form: Hannibal Barca
participatedIn Second Punic War ⓘ
politicalAlignment Roman aristocratic elite ⓘ
politicalSystem Roman Republic ⓘ
praenomen Quintus ⓘ
strategy avoiding pitched battles with Carthaginian forces ⓘ
harassing enemy supply lines ⓘ
wearing down the enemy over time ⓘ
timePeriod 3rd century BC ⓘ
usedTactic scorched earth policy against Hannibal ⓘ

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Hannibal (Carthaginian general) → opponent → Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus ⓘ
subject surface form: Hannibal
Second Punic War → hasCommander → Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus ⓘ
Tarentum → capturedBy → Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus ⓘ
Laurent Fabius → familyName → Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fabius
Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus → familyName → Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fabius
Fabianism → namedAfter → Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus ⓘ
Quintilian → familyName → Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fabius
Fabian strategy → namedAfter → Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus ⓘ
Fabian strategy → firstMajorProponent → Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus ⓘ
Quintus → hasNotableBearers → Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus ⓘ
Cunctator → alsoKnownAs → Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus ⓘ
Cunctator → alsoKnownAs → Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fabius Maximus Cunctator
the Delayer → refersTo → Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus ⓘ
gens Fabia → notableMember → Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus ⓘ
Verrucosus → cognomenOf → Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus ⓘ
Verrucosus → hasLatinName → Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus ⓘ
subject surface form: Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus
Life of Fabius Maximus → mainSubject → Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus ⓘ
Life of Fabius Maximus → portrays → Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus as a cautious strategist