As dictator, he had to appoint a Master of Horse as his deputy. He appointed M. Minucius Rufus.

Fabius Maximus was called "cunctator" because of his delaying tactics

Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus gained the title Maximus = The Greatest for his performance early in the Hannibal invasion.

There were many famous patricians in Rome because they were the aristocracy and, thus a very powerful social group.

Some famous patricians during the Republican period were Appius Claudius (Sabinus Inregillensis), Appius Claudius (Caecus), Quintus Fabius Maximus (Verrucosus) Scipio Africanus, Quintus Fabius Pictor, Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus, (Lucius Cornelius) Sulla, Cassius and Julius Caesar.

Famous patricians during the period of rule by emperors were the emperors Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero; Livia, Messalina, Tacitus and Horace.

The Roman annexation of mainland Greece occurred during the Republican period. The republic was headed by two annually elected consuls. Greece was annexed in 146 BC. The two consuls for that year were Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus and Lucius Mummius Achaicus. The two consuls for the next year were Quintus Fabius Maximus Aemilianus and Lucius Hostilius Mancinus.