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  Fabius - LoveToKnow 1911
Fabius Maximus, surnamed Rullianus or Rullus, master of the horse in the second Samnite War to L. Papirius Cursor, by whom he was degraded for having fought the Samnites contrary to orders (Livy viii.
Fabius was a strenuous opponent of the new aggressive policy, and did all he could to prevent the invasion of Africa by Scipio.
Fabius Maximus Aemilianus, eldest son of L. Aemilius Paullus, adopted by Fabius Cunctator.
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 Fabius - Plutarch's Lives
Fabius, before the night was over, quickly found out the trick; for some of the beasts fell into his hands; but for fear of an ambush in the dark, he kept his men all night to their arms in the camp.
Fabius, on the other side, opposed the undertaking with all his might, alarming the city, and telling them that nothing but the temerity of a hot young man could inspire them with such dangerous counsels, and sparing no means, by word or deed, to prevent it.
Fabius did not need this, but the people, as a mark of their affection, defrayed the expenses of his funeral by a private contribution from each citizen of the smallest piece of coin; thus owning him their common father, and making his end no less honorable than his life.
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 The Internet Classics Archive | The Comparison of Fabius with Pericles by Plutarch
But the task of Fabius, who undertook the government in the worst and most difficult times, was not to preserve and maintain the well-established felicity of a prosperous state, but to raise and uphold a sinking and ruinous commonwealth.
The mildness of Fabius towards his colleague Minucius does, by way of comparison, rebuke and condemn the exertions of Pericles to banish Cimon and Thucydides, noble, aristocratic men, who by his means suffered ostracism.
Whereas Fabius, sure and unerring himself, for want of that general power, had not the means to obviate the miscarriages of others; but it had been happy for the Romans if his authority had been greater, for so, we may presume, their disasters had been fewer.
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 Fabius - Encyclopedia.com
The Romans tired of Fabius' policy, and he was supplanted (216); the rout at Cannae was the result.
Schlicht is a Fabius town councilor, town historian, a Fabius Fire Department member and a member of the Fabius Community Center Board...
Mr Fabius was unceremoniously dumped from the leadership...
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 Fabius Pictor Quintus - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Fabius Pictor, Quintus (3rd century bc), the first known Roman historian to employ prose instead of verse.
Fabius Vibulanus, Quintus (flourished 5th century bc), Roman statesman, who, with his brothers Marcus and Caeso, held the consulship from 485 to 479...
Fabius Maximus Rullianus, Quintus (flourished about 322-290 bc), Roman general.
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 LDI Health Policy Seminar Series: "Principles and Opportunities in e-Health"
Fabius identified the "value propositions" of the Internet for these constituencies-namely, connectivity, streamlined processes, content, commerce opportunities, and self-service.
Fabius used Aetna's electronic initiatives to illustrate the many applications of the Internet in health care.
The author of two books for physician executives, Dr. Fabius sits on the Accreditation Standards Committee of the National Committee for Quality Assurance and is a faculty instructor for the American College of Physician Executives.
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 The Baldwin Project: Our Young Folks' Plutarch by Rosalie Kaufman
Fabius, who stood on a hill overlooking the scene of action, saw his countrymen gradually but surely losing ground, while one officer after another was cut down, and those warriors who fled were killed by the victorious Carthaginians.
Fabius Maximus and Claudius Marcellus were chosen to command, and they formed such a perfect combination, the one possessing the very qualities that the other lacked, that the Romans called Marcellus, who was a bold, active, high-spirited man, their sword, while Fabius, who was cautious, steady, and slow to give battle, they termed their shield.
And this was true, for the grandfather of Fabius, who was one of the greatest Romans of his day, actually served in a minor office under his own son, when he was consul, and when that son returned from the war in a triumphal chariot, rode on horseback as one of his attendants.
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 Former French Prime Minister Laurent Fabius addressed Dean’s International Council meeting in Paris
Fabius was a member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 1992.
Fabius was elected President of the Assemblée Nationale from 1988 to 1992 and again from 1997 to 2000.
Fabius is a graduate of the Ecole Normale SupĂ©rieure, the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris and the Ecole Nationale d’Administration.
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 Fabius. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Fabius kept his army always near Hannibal’s but never attacked, harassing Hannibal continually, but never joining battle.
The Romans tired of Fabius’ policy, and he was supplanted (216); the rout at Cannae was the result.
Another branch of the family was represented by Caius Fabius Pictor [Lat.,=the painter], fl.
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 Fabius at AllExperts
Fabius was the nomen of the gens Fabia of ancient Rome, that derived from the Latin faba for the broad bean, an important food crop in the Roman Empire.
Fabius Maximus Rullianus, five times a consul, was a hero of the Samnite Wars; but even he was eclipsed by the Fabius Maximus who fought against Hannibal in the Second Punic War.
Vibulanus, consul 484, 481?, 479 BC Lucius Fabius Vibulanus II, consular tribune 414 BC Marcus Fabius K.f.
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 Dalkeith. Stories From Roman History. Chapter 5: Of Fabius Maximus.
The patrician general, Fabius Maximus, was the man chosen by the frightened citizens to be Dictator of Rome and leader of the army, when they heard that Hannibal had made himself master of Etruria as well as of Cisalpine Gaul.
Fabius was sad when he thought of this and of the two brave armies that had already been slaughtered by Hannibal, and he prayed earnestly to the gods to grant him their favour and give him victory over the enemy.
Fabius was bitterly reproached for letting the enemy escape, and the people firmly believed that they had made a mistake in appointing him Dictator.
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 Quintus Fabius Maximus
Quintus Fabius Maximus was a Roman General best known for his defeat of Hannibal in the Second Punic War.
His primary strategy was to delay confrontation; repeated small attacks eventually led to victory without a single decisive conflict.
Fabius is also the name of a compiler that automatically defers certain aspects of optimization and code generation to run time.
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