Fabius maximus biography examples

A Roman nobleman, who, as dictator, commanded the Roman armies against Annibal, in the second Carthaginian war, and was so remarkable for his cautious proceedings in defensive warfare, that he was styled "the shield of Rome."
He died in the year 549 of Rome, and 205 years before Christ.

Such were the mildness and general simplicity of his conduct, that Fabius Maximus, when a boy, was characterized by the appellation of Ovicula, or "little "sheep." In all his diversions he is said to have been peculiarly serious and reserved; and he did not appear to attain his early knowledge without dificulty.

Those, however, who were best acquainted with him, knew that the seriousness of his disposition was owing to the depth of his understanding, and that his apparent slowness of comprehension was occasioned by his considering intently, and fixing indelibly in his memory, the subjects of his study.

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