...intended every moment to give them. battle. These dilatory proceedings exposed him to contempt among the Romans in general, and even in his own Army. * * * Thus the soldiers were brought to despise Fabius , and by way of derision to call him the pedagogue of Hannibal, while they extolled Minucius as a great man and one that acted up to the dignity of Rome. This led Minucius to give a freer scope to h...