Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, surnamed Cunctator, was a Roman statesman and general of the third century BC. He was consul five times and was appointed dictator in 221 and 217 BC. He was censor i
Fabius Cunctator, statue by J. B. Hagenauer, 1777, at Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna
Quintus Fabius Maximus Before the Senate of Carthage
Hannibal counting the rings of the Roman senators killed during the Battle of Cannae, statue by Sébastien Slodtz, 1704, Louvre
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The Fabian Society is a British socialist organisation whose purpose is to advance the principles of social democracy and democratic socialism via gradualist and reformist effort in democracies, rathe
Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus
…Fabius' strategy is amongst those regarded as early examples of guerrilla warfare. Fabian Society, a British socialist society founded at the end of the 19th century and still active today. Their name derives from the tactics of Quintus Fabius…
The Fabian Society was named after "Fabius the Delayer" at the suggestion of Frank Podmore (above)
Blue plaque at 17 Osnaburgh St, where the Society was founded in 1884
Nigerian Fabian Society, 1944.