Flaminius

[ fluh-min-ee-uh s ]

/ fləˈmɪn i əs /

noun

Ga·ius

[gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/, died 217 b.c., Roman statesman and general who was defeated by Hannibal.

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Examples from the Web for flaminius

Flaminius is unknown; but the postilions on that road have been taught to show the very spot where Il Console Romano was slain.
The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 2|George Gordon Byron
Flaminius himself and a vast number of others fell, though not a few managed to climb a hill.
Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6)|Cassius Dio
The meeting was in the circus Flaminius, and there was in the same place that day a crowd of market people—a kind of tiers état.
The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1|Marcus Tullius Cicero
But he had crossed the mountains and marched right past Flaminius, who was not strong enough to attack him, on the road to Rome.
Ancient Rome|Mary Agnes Hamilton

The respectable authority of Flaminius Vacca would incline us to believe in the claims of the Egerian grotto.
The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 2|George Gordon Byron

British Dictionary definitions for flaminius

Flaminius

/ (fləˈmɪnɪəs) /

noun

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

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