Fabius

It seems to me that Fabius is a little shaky on his history, as the battle of Verdun started in 1916, which would put his hundredth anniversary in 2016, but it is evident that he intends to invoke the powerful symbolism of that event.

"We are on our way to a European Army" Richard 2006

His life is given by Plutarch under the name Fabius, and he is remembered as the originator of the policy of delay in war, as our dictionaries tell us, because his plan was to worry his enemy, rather than risk a pitched battle with him.

The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic Arthur Gilman

Poseidonius calls Fabius the shield, and Marcellus the sword of Rome, because the steadiness of Fabius, combined with the warlike ardour of

Plutarch's Lives, Volume I 46-120? Plutarch 1839

That which before this battle was called Fabius's cowardice and remissness, was now regarded as more than human sagacity, and a foresight so wonderful as to be beyond belief.

Plutarch's Lives, Volume I 46-120? Plutarch 1839

Ever since it began in late 2007, a blog called Fabius Maximus has been arguing that we are watching the decline and fall-indeed, collapse-of our current economic and financial system.

QandO 2009

Ever since it began in late 2007, a blog called Fabius Maximus has been arguing that we are watching the decline and fall-indeed, collapse-of our current economic and financial system.

QandO 2009

Ever since it began in late 2007, a blog called Fabius Maximus has been arguing that we are watching the decline and fall-indeed, collapse-of our current economic and financial system.

QandO 2009

Ever since it began in late 2007, a blog called Fabius Maximus has been arguing that we are watching the decline and fall-indeed, collapse-of our current economic and financial system.

QandO 2009

Ever since it began in late 2007, a blog called Fabius Maximus has been arguing that we are watching the decline and fall-indeed, collapse-of our current economic and financial system.

QandO 2009

Ever since it began in late 2007, a blog called Fabius Maximus has been arguing that we are watching the decline and fall-indeed, collapse-of our current economic and financial system.

QandO 2009