Fabian Soldiers.

A complimentary phrase for Roman soldiers, the bravest of the brave.

“Quem [band of trained soldiers] quidem sic omni disciplina militari [Iphicrătês] erudivit, ut quemadmŏdum quondam ‘Fabiāni milĭtes’ Romani appellati sunt, sic ‘Iphicratenses’ apud Græcos in summa laude fuérint.”—Nepos: Iphicrates, ii.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Fabian Soldiers.

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