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Gaius Flaminius (c. 275 BC – 217 BC) was a leading Roman politician in the third century BC. Flaminius served as consul twice, in 223 and 217.He is notable for the Lex Flaminia, a land reform passed in 232, the construction of the Circus Flaminius in 221, the construction of the Via Flaminia, and his death at the hands of Hannibal's army at the Battle of Lake Trasimene in 217, during the ...
Flamininus belonged to the minor patrician gens Quinctia.The family had a glorious place in the early history of Rome, especially the famous hero Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, but it had somewhat lost its political influence by the middle of the fourth century BC.
Flaminius' father, also named Gaius Flaminius, was a popular reformer who had twice been consul, and was killed at the battle of Lake Trasimene in 217 BC, during the Second Punic War. [1] [2] The son's political career began in 209, when Flaminius served as quaestor to Scipio Africanus in Spain.
The gens Flaminia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome.During the first five centuries of Rome, no mention is made of any member of the Flaminia gens.In former times the Flaminii were believed to be only a family of the Quinctia gens; but this opinion arose from a confusion of the Flaminii with the Flaminini, the latter of whom belonged to the ancient patrician Quinctia gens.
A member of the patrician gens Quinctia, Lucius Quinctius Flamininus was the brother of Titus Quinctius Flamininus.He was elected curule aedile in 201 BC, [1] and in 199 BC, he served as praetor urbanus. [2]
Gaius Flaminius can refer to: Gaius Flaminius (consul 223 BC) Gaius Flaminius (consul 187 BC) This page was last edited on 24 January 2022, at 13:35 (UTC). Text is ...
The Circus Flaminius was a large, circular area in ancient Rome, located in the southern end of the Campus Martius near the Tiber River. [1] It contained a small race-track used for obscure games, and various other buildings and monuments.
At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Flaminius and Philus (or, less frequently, year 531 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 223 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.