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Plutarch's Lives audiobook... Fabius Maximus, Savior of Rome and hero of the Punic Wars

Best known as "Fabius the Delayer" for his tactics of avoiding pitched battle with the superior forces of Hannibal's invading army, which ultimately saved Rome despit his not living to see the ultimate victory of Scipio over Hannibal.

Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, surnamed Cunctator (c. 280 – 203 BC), was a Roman statesman and general of the third century BC. He was consul five times (233, 228, 215, 214, and 209 BC) and was appointed dictator in 221 and 217 BC. He was censor in 230 BC. His agnomen, Cunctator, usually translated as "the delayer", refers to the strategy that he employed against Hannibal's forces during the Second Punic War. Facing an outstanding commander with superior numbers, he pursued a then-novel strategy of targeting the enemy's supply lines, and accepting only smaller engagements on favourable ground, rather than risking his entire army on direct confrontation with Hannibal himself. As a result, he is regarded as the originator of many tactics used in guerrilla warfare.

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Author: Plutarch
Translator: George Long
Translator: Aubrey Stewart
Narrated by: Mark Bowen
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