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Flaminius

American  
[fluh-min-ee-uhs] / fləˈmɪn i əs /

noun

  1. Gaius died 217 b.c., Roman statesman and general who was defeated by Hannibal.


Flaminius British  
/ fləˈmɪnɪəs /

noun

  1. Gaius (ˈɡaɪəs). died 217 bc , Roman statesman and general: built the Flaminian Way; defeated by Hannibal at Trasimene (217)

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Fifteen years before Hannibal’s invasion, Flaminius had brought in a Bill intended to help the poorer Romans by making land settlements for small cultivators in the north.

From Ancient Rome The Lives of Great Men by Mary Agnes Hamilton

The Courtesan and Berecinthius cannot be said to have added to the gaiety of nations; of the other characters Flaminius alone has individuality.

From Philip Massinger by A. H. Cruickshank

He pretended that he wished to parley with the authorities; but, when the citizens were waiting to see what would take place, they found the place itself quietly taken by Flaminius.

From The Comic History of Rome by Gilbert Abbott ? Becket

Flaminius, in a poem, Ad Agellum suum, has described his attachment to his farm and home, and the first lines of it rival the tender and pleasing invocation of Catullus.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by John Dunlop

C. Flaminius, tribune, censor, killed at Trasimene Lake, 81; defies the Senate, 106; and the reform of the Centuries, 109.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak

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