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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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Flaminius therefore gazed upon the entire mass of Hellenic art; and the only thing he, unfortunately p. 45for us, neglected, was to keep a journal, and provide for its being handed down to posterity.

From Old Roads and New Roads by William Bodham Donne

In 1808 an elaborate treatise was printed at Naples, by Flaminius Venanson with the title, De l'invention de la Boussole Nautique.

From On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments by William Gilbert

The Trent Commissioners themselves prepared editions of certain prohibited authors, such as Clarius and Flaminius; Guicciardini was suffered to appear with retrenchments; and the famous revision of Boccaccio was carried out in 1573.

From The History of Freedom by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron Acton

The streets in this quarter are interesting as bearing witness in their names to the existence of the Circus Flaminius, the especial circus of the plebs, which once occupied all the ground near this.

From Walks in Rome by Augustus J. C. Hare

Another work done by Flaminius stands to this day as a memorial of him.

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

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