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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.
		Quintus Fabius Maximus, surnamed Verrucosus (from a wart on his lip), Ovicula (" the lamb," from his mild disposition), and Cunctator (" the delayer," from his cautious tactics in the war against Hannibal), grandson of the preceding.
		Fabius was a strenuous opponent of the new aggressive policy, and did all he could to prevent the invasion of Africa by Scipio.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Fabius (1086 words)

	Republican Roman Consuls (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Decemviri: Appius Claudius, Marcus Cornelius Maluginensis, Marcus Sergius, Lucius Minucius, Quintus Fabius Vibulanus, Quintus Poetelius, Titus Antonius Merenda, Gaius Duillius, Servius Opius Cornicen, Marcus Rabuleius.
		Consular Tribunes: Quintus Servilius, Gaius Veturius, Aulus and Marcus Cornelius, Quintus Quintius, Marcus Fabius
		Quintus Fabius Maximus Servilianus, Lucius Caecilius Metellus Calvus
	www.roma-imperiale.com /republican_roman_consuls.html (1237 words)

	Fabius Maximus Rullianus - Definition, explanation
		Fabius became consul for the first time in 322, although little is said of his time in office.
		Rullianus' son was Fabius Gurges, and his great-grandson the Fabius Maximus, Cunctator, of the Second Punic War.
		Although Rullianus' fame is undoubted, the main source of his life is Livy, who in turn worked from annals by Fabius Pictor and others, and many of the details are suspiciously similar to stories of the Cunctator.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/f/fa/fabius_maximus_rullianus.php (338 words)

	Fabius Maximus Rullianus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus (or Rullus), son of Marcus, of the patrician Fabii of ancient Rome, was five times consul and a hero of the Samnite Wars.
		Rullianus' son was Fabius Gurges, and his great-grandson the Fabius Maximus, Cunctator, of the Second Punic War.
		Although Rullianus' fame is undoubted, the main source of his life is Livy, who in turn worked from annals by Fabius Pictor and others, and many of the details are suspiciously similar to stories of the Cunctator.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fabius_Maximus_Rullianus (310 words)

	Fabius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fabius was the nomen of the gens Fabia of ancient Rome.
		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.
		Quintus Fabius Maximus Allobrigicus, consul 121 BC Quintus Fabius Maximus Eburnus, consul 116 BC Quintus Fabius Q.f.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fabius (323 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Battle of Sentinum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Romans were commanded by Publius Decius Mus and Fabius Maximus Rullianus, and amounted to about 38,000 men — 4 legions, a strong contigent of Roman cavalry, 1,000 chosen cavalry men from Campania, 4 allied and Latin legions and a strong contingent of allied and Latin cavalry.
		Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus (or Rullus), son of Marcus, of the patrician Fabii of ancient Rome, was five times consul and a hero of the Samnite Wars.
		Fabius faced the Samnites; Decius was opposite the Gauls.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Battle-of-Sentinum (667 words)

	Fabius Maximus Rullianus Quintus - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Fabius Maximus Verrucosus Cunctator, Quintus, full name Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus Cunctator (275?-203 bc), Roman statesman and general,...
		Roman general and statesman Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus Cuncator developed a successful strategy to defend Rome from the attack of the great...
		Descended from an ancient patrician gens Fabii, he was a grandson of Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges and a great-grandson of Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus, both famous consuls.
	encarta.msn.com /Fabius_Maximus_Rullianus_Quintus.html (191 words)

	The Great Delayer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		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 honourable than his life.
	history-world.org /great_delayer.htm (5019 words)

	Fabius — FactMonster.com
		Rullianus was renowned as a general, especially for his victory over the Etruscans, the Samnites, and their allies at Sentinum (295).
		The Romans tired of Fabius' policy, and he was supplanted (216); the rout at Cannae was the result.
		Laurent Fabius - Fabius, Laurent Fabius, Laurent, 1946– French politician.
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	Fabius Maximus Rullianus -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Fabius became consul for the first time in (additional info and facts about 322) 322, although little is said of his time in office.
		He then served as (A person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable) censor beginning in (additional info and facts about 304) 304.
		Although Rullianus' fame is undoubted, the main source of his life is Livy, who in turn worked from annals by (additional info and facts about Fabius Pictor) Fabius Pictor and others, and many of the details are suspiciously similar to stories of the Cunctator.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/F/Fa/Fabius_Maximus_Rullianus.htm (331 words)

	Fabius biography - S9.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Rullianus was renowned as a general, especially for his victory over the Etruscans, the Samnites, and their allies at Sentinum
		203 B.C - His descendant, Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, the opponent of Hannibal, was called Cunctator because of his tactics, from which the term Fabian, referring to a waiting policy, is derived.
		180 BC - Quintus Fabius Labeo became the commander of the fleet in an eastern campaign.
	www.s9.com /Biography/Fabius (225 words)

	Biologie - Fabius Maximus Rullianus
		Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus (oder Rullus), Sohn des Marcus, aus der römischen Patrizierfamilie der Fabier, war fünf Mal Konsul und ein herausragender Feldherr in den Samnitenkriegen.
		Rullianus’ Sohn war Fabius Gurges, sein Urenkel Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, genannt Cunctator, der Zauderer des Zweiten Punischen Kriegs.
		Obwohl Rullianus’ Ruhm außer Zweifel steht, ähneln Details seines Lebens verdächtig Geschichten aus dem Leben Cunctators: die Hauptquelle für seine Vita ist Livius, der sich aus den Annalen des Quintus Fabius Pictor und anderer bediente.
	www.biologie.de /biowiki/Fabius_Maximus_Rullianus (515 words)

	Roman dictator - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The dictator was the highest magistrate in degree of precedence (Praetor Maximus) and was attended by 24 lictors.
		On the establishment of the Roman republic the government of the state was entrusted to two consuls, that the citizens might be the better protected against the tyrannical exercise of the supreme power.
		But after the battle of Trasimene in 217 BC, when Rome itself was threatened by Hannibal, a Dictator was again needed, and Quintus Fabius Maximus was appointed to the office.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roman_dictator (2022 words)

	Fabius (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		His descendant, Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus or Rullus,.
		At the end of this year Quintus Fabius, on the Senate's authority, fortified and garrisoned Puteoli, a town which had grown populous during the war as a centre of exchange.
		Then the leading century voted again, with the result that the successful candidates were Quintus Fabius Maximus (for the fourth time) and Marcus Marcellus (for the third).
	www.barca.fsnet.co.uk /fabius.htm (1009 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Fabius Pictor Quintus
		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.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Fabius_Pictor_Quintus.html (114 words)

	Fabius Cunctator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Fabius takes Tarentum and punished the inhabitants for their defection by condemning them to slavery.
		But as soon as he came into employments, his virtues exerted and showed themselves; his reputed want of energy then was recognized by people in general as a freedom of passion; his slowness in words and actions, the effect of a true prudence; his want of rapidity and his sluggishness, as constancy and firmness.
		He was five times consul, and in his first consulship had the honour of a triumph for the victory he gained over the Ligurians, whom he defeated in a set battle, and drove them to take shelter in the Alps, from whence they never after made any inroad or depredation upon their neighbours.
	www.barca.fsnet.co.uk /fabius-cunctator.htm (355 words)

	FABIUS - Online Information article about FABIUS
		At the end of the legal time of six months Fabius resigned the dictatorship and the war was carried on by the consuls.
		Fabius was a strenuous opponent of the new aggressive policy, and did all he could to prevent the invasion of See also:
		The only survivor of the gens was Quintus, the son of Marcus, who apparently took no part in the battle.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /EUD_FAT/FABIUS.html (1488 words)

	Fabius - Encyclopedia.com
		Fabius kept his army always near Hannibal's but never attacked, harassing Hannibal continually, but never joining battle.
		Another branch of the family was represented by Caius Fabius Pictor [Lat.,=the painter], fl.
		An adoptive member of the gens was Quintus Fabius Maximus, fl.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Fabius.html (678 words)

	Fabius - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
		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.
		(or Num.) Fabius Vibulanus, consul 421 BC Fabius Vibulanus, consular tribune 415 BC Fabius Vibulanus II, consular tribune 414 BC Fabius Ambustus Vibulanus, consul 412 BC Fabius Ambustus, consular tribune 380 BC Fabius, consular tribune 373 BC Fabius N.f.
		Maximus Gurges, consul 292, 276 BC Fabius M.f.
	www.music.us /education/F/Fabius.htm (445 words)

	Amazon.com: "Fabius Maximus": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Fabius Maximus Rullianus whether it is proper that he disobey his superior's orders, "though the dictator has the highest imperium, and the...
		Etruscans, Umbrians and Gauls was planned: Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus and Publius Decius Mus (junior) were appointed consuls for 295, and they pursued the Samnites and Gauls over the...
		On the other, Q. Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, twice consul, censor in 230, who was soon to gain fame against Hannibal for his famous tactic of `playing...
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	Fabii (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Fabius Maximus Rullianus, five times a consul, wasa 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 Fabius K.f.
		Maximus Gurges, consul 292, 276 BC Fabius M.f.
	www.therfcc.org /fabii-300277.html (213 words)

	Definition of Fabius (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It was Fabius who formally declared war on the city after the c...
		Fabius was able to harass the Carthaginian foraging part...
		Fabius faced the Samnites; Decius was opposite the Gauls...
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	Fabius (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		See also Laurent Fabius, a French politician, and Fabius River, a river in Missouri.
		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.
		Gnaeus (or Numerius) Fabius Vibulanus, consul 421 BC
	www.dejavu.org /cgi-bin/get.cgi?ver=93&url=http://articles.gourt.com/%22http%3A%2F%2Farticles.gourt.com%2F%3Farticle%3DFabius (153 words)

	Fabius Maximus Rullianus -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Fabius Maximus Rullianus -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		His first appearance in surviving records is as (additional info and facts about Master of the Horse) Master of the Horse in 325 BC, when he won a daring victory against the (An Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania who clashed repeatedly with the early Romans) Samnites at Imbrinium.
		Rullianus' son was Fabius Gurges, and his great-grandson the (additional info and facts about Fabius Maximus) Fabius Maximus, Cunctator, of the (additional info and facts about Second Punic War) Second Punic War.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/f/fa/fabius_maximus_rullianus.htm (331 words)

	List of ancient Romans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Quintus Lutatius Catulus - two; consul and son
		Quintus Tullius Cicero - two; younger brother of Cicero and son
		Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus (Tertullian) - Christian writer
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/l/li/list_of_ancient_romans.html (847 words)

	A.Word.A.Day--AWADtalk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Minucius Rufus, commander of the cavalry under Fabius, was elevated to an equal share in the dictatorship.
		It was founded in London in 1884 by a group of middle-class intellectuals who rejected the Marxist theory of class struggle but wished to promote equality for all through collective ownership and democratic control of the nation's resources.
		Believers in peaceful and gradual change, they named their group for the ancient Roman general Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus Cunctator, who wore down a powerful enemy by using delaying tactics and avoiding decisive battles.
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	ipedia.com: Roman dictator Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A legal innovation of the Roman Republic, the dictator (Latin for "one who dictates (orders)") -- also known as the magister populi ("master of the peoples") -- was an extraordinary magistrate (magistratus extraordinarius) whose function was to perform extraordinary tasks exceeding the authority of any of the ordinary magistrates.
		After Caesar's murder on the Ides of March, his consular colleague Marcus Antonius passed a lex Antonia which abolished the dictatorate and expunged it from the constitutions of the Republic.
		The office was later offered to Caesar Augustus, who prudently declined it, and opted instead for tribunician power and consular imperium without holding any office other than pontifex maximus and princeps senatus -- a politic arrangement which left him as functional dictator without having to hold the controversial title or office itself.
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	Roman dictator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A legal innovation of the Roman Republic, the dictator(Latin for "one who dictates (orders)") -- also known as the magister populi("master of the peoples") -- was an extraordinary magistrate (magistratus extraordinarius) whose function was to performextraordinary tasks exceeding the authority of any of the ordinary magistrates.
		The dictator was the highest magistrate in degree of precedence (praetor maximus) and wasattended by 24 lictors.
		The office was later offered to Caesar Augustus, who prudently declined it, and opted instead for tribunicianpower and consular imperium without holding any office other than pontifex maximus and princeps senatus -- a politic arrangement which left him as functional dictator without havingto hold the controversial title or office itself.
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