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The tedium of countless small-skirmish defeats sapped their morale, causing them to desert.

With no main Roman army to attack, Hannibal's army became virtually no threat to Rome, which was a walled city that required a long siege to take. Fabius's strategy struck at the heart of Hannibal's weakness. Time, not major battles, would cripple Hannibal.

Political opposition

Fabius's strategy, though a military success and tolerable to wiser minds in the Roman Senate, was unpopular; the

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