Who is Fabius from Strategy and what is their importance?

Fabian not only excelled as a general as shown in the very early chapters, but his wisdom regarding military strategy would continue to be named well over a millennia later. Fabius also knew how to secure respites for his soldiers. The irony of this was that he was politically chastised for the unimpressive manner of his governance or his leadership during such times. He was most criticized for this by the very people who were most benefiting from the decisions that he had implemented in order to safeguard them.