Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus
Virgil, in the Aeneid, has Aeneas' father Anchises mention Fabius Maximus while in Hades as the greatest of the many great Fabii, quoting the same line. While Hannibal is mentioned in the company of history's greatest generals, military professionals have bestowed Fabius' name on an entire strategic doctrine known as "Fabian strategy", and George Washington has been called "the American Fabius".  Mikhail Kutuzov has likewise been called "the Russian Fabius" for his strategy against Napoleon.
According to its own ancient legend, the Roman princely family of Massimo descends from Fabius Maximus.

See also: 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 Maximus.
Gens Fabia
List of ancient Romans

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Primary sources: Fabius, by Plutarch

Secondary material: Encyclopædia Britannica, Fabius Maximus Cunctator
Plutarch Makers of Rome translated by Ian Scott-Kilvert 1965, Penguin Books, London 
Livy The War with Hannibal translated by Aubrey de Selincourt 1974, Penguin Books, London

Further reading: De Beer, Sir Gavin (1969). Hannibal Challenging Rome's Supremacy. New York: Viking Press.
Lamb, Harold (1958). Hannibal: One Man Against Rome. New York: Doubleday.
McCall, Jeremiah (2018). Clan Fabius, Defenders of Rome: A History of the Republic's Most Illustrious Family. Barnslet: Pen and Sword. ISBN 1473885612.
Scullard, H. H. (1981). Roman politics: 220–150 BC. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-23296-2.


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