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While trying to explain how we could use the art of war to defeat the raccoons to my husband. I was having trouble remembering the Roman general from AFTER* the battle of Trebia... and I was like "Fabulous Gluteus Maximus??"
nope. That's not it.
It was:
Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus
You can understand the mistake.
*edit: wouldn't want to get the history wrong
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