This was an earlier version of a page with some confusion as to Fabius having appeared before (in the start of the 11th chapter and as ambassador to Carthage way back in chapter 1.) So here he's a young man, whereas the fellow we wanted to see was 58, hardly in prime years for tramping around southern Italy.
Once we corrected that, I realized the Roman as currency piled in panel 3 was not gold, but copper. So that was my bad. It color corrected easily enough, though.