See also:

• GAIUS

GAIUS See also:

• GAIUS FLAMINIUS

FLAMINIUS  , See also:

• ROMAN

Roman statesman and See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, of plebeian See also:

• FAMILY

family . During his tribuneship (232 B.c.), in spite of the determined opposition of the See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

senate and his own See also:

• FATHER

father, he carried a measure for distributing among the plebeians the ager Gallicus Picenus, an extensive See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract of newly-acquired territory to the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of See also:

• ARIMINUM (mod. Rimini)

Ariminum (See also:

• CICERO

Cicero, De senectute, 4, See also:

• BRUTUS (originally an adjective meaning " heavy," "stupid," kindred with Gr. aap(s, cf. Eng. " brute," " brutal")

Brutus, 14) . As See also:

• PRAETOR (Lat. prae-itor, " he who goes before," "a leader")

praetor in 227, he gained the lasting gratitude of the See also:

• PEOPLE

people of his See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province (See also:

• SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily) by his excellent See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration . In 223, when See also:

• CONSUL
• CONSUL (in Gr. generally ihraros,ashortened form of errpavgybs 8hraeos, i.e. praetor maximus)

consul with P . Furius Philus, he took the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field against the Gauls, who were said to have been roused to See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war by his agrarian See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law . Having crossed the Po to punish the Insubrians, he at first met with a severe check and was forced to capitulate . Reinforced by the See also:

• CENOMANI

Cenomani, he gained a decisive victory on the See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks of the Addua . He had previously been recalled by the optimates, but ignored the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order . The victory seems to have been due mainly to the admirable discipline and fighting qualities of the soldiers, and he obtained the See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of a See also:

• TRIUMPH (triumphus)

triumph only after the See also:

• DECREE (from the past participle, decretus, of Lat. decernere)

decree of the senate against it had been overborne by popular clamour . During his censorship (220) he strictly limited the freedmen to the four See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city tribes (see See also:

• COMITIA

COMITIA) . His name is further associated with two See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• WORKS

works . He erected the See also:

• CIRCUS (Lat. circus, Gr. Kipeos or Kptxot, a ring or' circle; probably " circus " and " ring " are of the same origin)

Circus See also:

• FLAMINIUS, GAIUS

Flaminius on the Campus See also:

• MARTIUS, CARL FRIEDRICH PHILIPP VON (1794—1868)

Martius, for the See also:

• ACCOMMODATION (Lat. accommodare, to make fit, from ad, to, cum, with, and modus, measure)

accommodation of the plebeians, and continued the military road from See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome to Ariminum, which had hitherto olily reached as far as Spoletium (see See also:

• FLAMINIA, VIA

FLAMINIA, VIA) .

He probably also instituted the " plebeian " See also:

• GAMES, CLASSICAL

games . In 218, as a See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of the democratic opposition, Flaminius was one of the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief promoters of the measure brought in by the See also:

• TRIBUNE (med. Lat. tribune, from classical Lat. tribunal)

tribune See also:

• QUINTUS

Quintus See also:

• CLAUDIUS
• CLAUDIUS [TIBERIUS CLAUDIUS DRUSUS NERO GERMANICUS]
• CLAUDIUS, MARCUS AURELIUS
• CLAUDIUS, MATTHIAS (174o-1815)

Claudius, which prohibited senators and senators' sons from possessing See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-going vessels, except for the transport of the produce of their own estates, and generally debarred them from all commercial See also:

• SPECULATION

speculation (See also:

• LIVY [Thus L1v1us] (59 B.C.—A.D: 17)

Livy xxi . 63) . His effective support of this measure vastly increased the popularity of Flaminius with his own order, and secured his second See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election as consul in the following See also:

• YEAR

year (217), shortly after the defeat of T . Sempronius See also:

• LONGUS

Longus at the See also:

• TREBIA (mod. Trebbia)

Trebia . He hastened at once to See also:

• ARRETIUM (mod. Arezzo)

Arretium, the termination of the western high road to the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north, to protect the passes of the See also:

• APENNINES (Gr. 'A1T- vvLvos, Lat. Appenninus—in both cases used in the singular)

Apennines, but was defeated and killed at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of the See also:

• TRASIMENE, LAKE (Lat. Trasumeltus Lacus; Ital. Lago Trasimeno)

Trasimene See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

lake (see PUNIC See also:

• WARS

WARS) . The testimony of Livy (xxi., xxii.) and See also:

• POLYBIUS (c. 204–122 B.C.)

Polybius (ii., iii.)—no friendly critics—shows that Flaminius was a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of ability, See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy and probity . A popular and successful democratic leader, he cannot, however, be ranked among the great statesmen of the See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

republic . As a general he was headstrong and self-sufficient and seems to have owed his victories chiefly to See also:

• PERSONAL

personal boldness favoured by See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune . His son, See also:

• GAIUS

GAIUS FLAMINIUS, was See also:

• QUAESTOR (from Lat. quaero, investigate)

quaestor under P . Scipio See also:

• AFRICANUS, SEXTUS JULIUS

Africanus the See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder in See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain in 210, and took See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of New See also:

• CARTHAGE
• CARTHAGE (Phoenician Kart-hadshat, " New City "; Gr. Kapxn5c; v, Lat. Carthago or Carchedon)
• CARTHAGE, SYNODS OF

Carthage . Fourteen years later, when See also:

• CURULE (Lat. currus, " chariot ")

curule See also:

• AEDILE (Lat. aedilis)

aedile, he distributed large quantities of See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain among the citizens at a very See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low See also:

• PRICE
• PRICE, BARTHOLOMEW (1818–1898)
• PRICE, BONAMY (1807-1888)
• PRICE, RICHARD (1723-1791)

price .

In 193, as praetor, he carried on a successful waragainst the insubordinate populations of his recently constituted province of Hispania Citerior . In 187 he was consul with M . Aetnilius See also:

• LEPIDUS

Lepidus, and subjugated the warlike Ligurian tribes . In the same year the See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the Via Aemilia connecting See also:

• BONONIA (mod. Bologna)

Bononia with Arretium was constructed by him . In 181 he founded the See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony of See also:

• AQUILEIA

Aquileia . The chief authority for his See also:

• LIFE

life is the portion of Livy dealing with the See also:

• HISTORY

history of the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period .