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Gaius Flaminius (consul 187 BC)

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During his consulship in 187 BC, Flaminius and his colleague, Lepidus, were given the task of fighting the Friniates and the Apuani, two Ligurian tribes that had been raiding in northern Italy. After having gained several victories against both peoples, he reduced them to submission, and peace was
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as his province, and there carried on a successful war by besieging and capturing the wealthy town of Litabrum, thereby demonstrating his strategic skills.
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in 196, he distributed large quantities of grain amongst the people at a low price. As
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Also during his consulship, Flaminius built a road from
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Index

Roman consul
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
Ligurian
Italy
Gaius Flaminius
battle of Lake Trasimene
Second Punic War
quaestor
Scipio Africanus
curule aedile
praetor
Hispania Citerior
Bononia
Arretium
Via Aemilia
Ariminum
Placentia
Via Cassia
Genua
Via Flaminia


Livy
History of Rome
Paulus Orosius
T. Robert S. Broughton
Oxford Classical Dictionary
Marcus Valerius Messalla
Gaius Livius Salinator
Roman consul

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