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Flamininus

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/ ˌflæmɪˈnaɪnəs /

noun

  1. Titus Quinctius (ˈtaɪtəs ˈkwɪŋktɪəs). ?230–?174 bc , Roman general and statesman: defeated Macedonia (197) and proclaimed the independence of the Greek states (196)

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Shortly after reaching the province, when Flamininus was feasting with his favorite, a Boian chief came into the Consul's tent to implore his protection.

From A Smaller History of Rome by Smith, William, Sir

Upon the conclusion of this war, Flamininus sternly forbade him to set foot in Europe, and for a time he shrank from a contest with the victorious arms of Rome.

From A Smaller History of Rome by Smith, William, Sir

T. Flamininus, in declaring all the Greeks free after the conclusion of the Second Macedonian War, described himself as one of the Aeneadae461.

From The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil by Sellar, W. Y.

Hostilities were renewed in the spring of 197, and Flamininus took the field supported by nearly the whole of Greece.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various

Flamininus had scarcely quitted Greece before the Ætolians endeavored to persuade Philip, Nabis, and Antiochus to enter into a league against the Romans.

From A Smaller History of Rome by Smith, William, Sir

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