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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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This fact explains the senatorial opposition to the division and settlement of the ager Gallicus proposed and carried by the tribune Flaminius in 233 B. C.

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

A long search was made for the body of Flaminius, which he wished to honour with a funeral; but it could not be found.

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

The Brownings paused for one night’s rest at Lake Thrasymene, the scenes of the battlefield of Hannibal and Flaminius, with the town on a height overlooking the lake.

From The Brownings Their Life and Art by Whiting, Lilian

In order that the Greeks might be shown the use of their new freedom, Flaminius remained behind, to give an illustration of the method of taking a liberty.

From The Comic History of Rome by Becket, Gilbert Abbott ?

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

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