Flaminius

[ fluh-min-ee-uhs ]

noun

1. Ga·ius [gey, -, uh, s], died 217 b.c., Roman statesman and general who was defeated by Hannibal.

Flaminius

/ fləˈmɪnɪəs /

noun

1. FlaminiusGaius217 bcMRomanPOLITICS: statesmanMILITARY: general Gaius (ˈɡaɪəs). died 217 bc , Roman statesman and general: built the Flaminian Way; defeated by Hannibal at Trasimene (217)

Example Sentences

The streets in this quarter are interesting as bearing witness in their names to the existence of the Circus Flaminius, the especial circus of the plebs, which once occupied all the ground near this.

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I was on the battle ground of Hannibal—the "locus aptus insidiis" where the consul Flaminius was snared and beaten by the wily Carthaginian on his march to Rome.

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Once more the Romans were determined to hunt him out, and they sent Flaminius to insist on his surrender.

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An Agrarian law, proposed by the tribune, C. Flaminius—whose name savours of the firebrand—was the cause of the outbreak.

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It was no doubt founded by the builder of the road, C. Flaminius, consul in 220 B.C.

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