biography
pronunciation:
[flaminius]
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| male
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| lived:
| (?–217 BC)
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| biography:
| Roman general and statesman, of plebeian origin. Consul in 223 BC, he distributed the Ager Gallicus tribal lands left uninhabited since 283 BC. He was the first Roman commander to cross the R Po when he defeated the Insubres at the Addua (223 BC). He extended his road, the Flaminian Way, from Rome to Ariminum (Rimini) in 220 BC, and built the Circus Flaminius. Consul again in 217 BC, he tried to stem Hannibal's invasion of Etruria, but was defeated and killed at L Trasimeno. |
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