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.

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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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Example Sentences

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 Hare, Augustus J. C.

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 Gilbert, William

I was on the battle ground of Hannibal—the "locus aptus insidiis" where the consul Flaminius was snared and beaten by the wily Carthaginian on his march to Rome.

From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by Willis, N. Parker

When the Roman Standard was defixed with such difficulty at the battell between Hanniball and Flaminius at Thrasimene, it proved an ill Omen.

From The Simple Cobler of Aggawam in America by Ward, Nathaniel

On the other side stood men like Caius Flaminius and Terentius Varro, younger both in years and in mind, eager, impatient for action.

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