Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Wannan dabarar ta samo sunanta daga Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, mai mulkin kama karya na Jamhuriyar Roman wanda aka ba shi aikin kayar da babban janar na Carthage Hannibal a kudancin Italiya a lokacin Yaƙin Punic na Biyu (218<unk>201 BC). A farkon yakin, Hannibal da ƙarfin hali
suka haye Alps suka mamaye Italiya. A wani bangare saboda kwarewar Hannibal a matsayin janar, ya ci gaba da haifar da asara mai yawa ga Romawa - da sauri ya sami nasarori biyu a kan Romawa a Yaƙin Trebia da Yaƙin Lake Trasimene. Bayan waɗannan bala'i, Romawa suka naɗa Fabius Maximus ya zama mai mulkin kama karya. Fabius Maximus sannan ya fara yakin basasa, ya yi yaƙi ta hanyar rikice-rikice na yau da kullun, yana iyakance ikon Carthaginians don neman abinci.