The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus Cunctator, Dictator (280 BC - 203 BC)

A famous guerilla general who achieved success against Hannibal, was Roman consul five times, and also held positions as censor, augur, pontifex and dictator in the third century BC. Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199545568.001.0001/acref-9780199545568-e-2617?rskey=A6AqSg&result=13 Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunctator Relationships: Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus Cunctator was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus (235 BC-183 BC)

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