Maximus, commanding the Roman forces in the…

217 BCE

Maximus, commanding the Roman forces in the south, harasses Hannibal with delaying tactics, earning for himself the nickname “Cunctator” (delayer), first employing these tactics—harassing Hannibal's army but not joining battle—after the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene.

The cautious Maximus is overshadowed, however, by the more aggressive Marcus Minucius Rufus.

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