 While Fabius communicated the valued results of military experience, he chose not to inculcate Cato with his personal and political values and preferences.At the siege of Tarentum, 209 BC, Cato was again at the side of Fabius.Two years later, Cato was one of the select group who went with the consul Claudius Nero on his northern march from Lucania to check the progress of Hasdrubal Barca.