 Complete the following phrase:  This strategy derives its name from Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, the dictator of the Roman Republic given the task of defeating the great Carthaginian general Hannibal in southern Italy during the Second Punic War 218201 BC. At the start of the war, Hannibal boldly crossed the Alps and invaded Italy. Due in part to Hannibals skill as a general, he repeatedly inflicted devastating losses on the Romansquickly achieving two crushing victories over the Romans at the Battle of the Trebia and the 