• Kidplayer_666@lemm.ee
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    Hannibal: starts burning down villages and agricultural fields, except for the ones owned by Flavian

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      The Romans: “Fabius the dictator (‘Speaker’)? More like Fabius the CUNCTator! (‘Delayer’)”

      The Romans after getting their asses kicked by Hannibal 10 more times and realizing Fabius is the only sane man in the fucking country: “ONE MAN, BY DELAYING, HAS SAVED THE REPUBLIC”

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    But Fabius! A roman always fights til the very end! You are describing but the tactics of a barbarian coward!

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      “Put that thought on hold for a little longer, would you? I have important things to not do.”