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Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus Cunctator
Fabius Cunctator
also: Verrucosus, Fabius Maximus
'The Delayer,' the dictator whose cautious, battle-avoiding strategy wore down Hannibal after Cannae; Ennius's line 'by delaying he restored the state' became his epitaph. Ancestor invoked to dignify the priesthood of Fabius Persicus.
Reading notes
- On Benefits §4.27.2 Fabius
Quintus Fabius Maximus 'Cunctator' (the Delayer), whose patient strategy wore down Hannibal; Ennius's verse 'by delaying he restored the state' (unus homo nobis cunctando restituit rem) is quoted here.
- On Benefits §4.30.2 Verrucosus
Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus 'Cunctator,' the delayer who checked Hannibal — one of the great Fabian ancestors whose memory dignified Fabius Persicus.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §86.10 Fabius Maximus
Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus 'Cunctator,' the Delayer who wore down Hannibal; named as a type of the dignified magistrate who did not disdain humble public duties.