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View Name: Fabius
FABIUS
Gender:
Masculine
Usage:
Ancient Roman
Roman family name which was derived from Latin
faba
"bean". Quintus Fabius Maximus was the Roman general who used delaying tactics to halt the invasion of Hannibal in the 3rd century BC.
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