Comment on Dictatorship at it's finest.
irate944@piefed.social 4 weeks ago
Fabian warfare got its name for a reason though.
Hannibal destroyed roman armies for breakfast; to the point that one of the worst roman defeats in history was because they ignored Fabius and engaged Hannibal (they lost from 50k to 70k men in a single day).
Fabius thought that the way to win was to avoid open battle. He knew that he couldn’t outsmart Hannibal in battle, so his idea was to stalk his army, kill foraging parties and cut off supplies whenever possible, and let attrition and logistics catch up with Hannibal.
And he was right.
PugJesus@piefed.social 4 weeks ago
Fabius (and his close ally, Marcellus), interestingly enough, while pursuing an overall strategy of attrition, did present battle on several occasions. Hannibal always refused.
The difference was, Fabius only presented the opportunity for open battle on fields and times of his choice, while prior Roman armies had blindly charged into battlefields of Hannibal’s choice.
Location and timing are everything!