'I carry here peace and war: choose, men of Carthage, which ye will', c1912 (1912). Artist: Ernest Dudley Heath.


'I carry here peace and war: choose, men of Carthage, which ye will', c1912 (1912). Fabius Maximus, known as the Cunctator (delayer), was one of the senators sent on an envoy to Carthage after Hannibal attacked Saguntum. He resolved that Rome should declare war on Carthage. From The Story of Rome, by Mary MacGregor. [Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., 1912]


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