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Fabian Soldiers

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A complimentary phrase for Roman soldiers, the bravest of the brave.

“Quem [band of trained soldiers] quidem sic omni disciplina militari [Iphicrătês] erudivit, ut quemadmŏdum quondam ‘Fabiāni milĭtesʹ Romani appellati sunt, sic ‘Iphicratensesʹ apud Græcos in summa laude fuérint.”—Nepos: Iphicrates, ii.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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F Sharp
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F.E.R.T
F. O. B
F’s
Fa (Scotch)
Fabian Society
Fabian Soldiers
Fabian Tactics or Policyi.e. delay
Fabianism
Fabila’s sad Fate
Fabius
Fables
Fabliaux
Fabricius
Fabulinus
Fabulous Isles
Face

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