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tells that he was prorogued in 204, but remains silent on the following years; he might have stayed there until the end of the war in 202. In any case, Flamininus had a good relationship with the Greek population of
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elected him in second place, after Aelius. Plutarch tells that he owed his success to his land distributions in the commissions that made him popular among the settlers, who voted for him in return. The other consul likewise lacked any notable military achievement, and was elected thanks to his
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had not yet been formally organised in these years, but his bid for election still broke the tradition. He was even younger than Scipio
Africanus, elected consul in 205 at 31, who had for him impressive military records and prestigious family support. In contrast, Flamininus came from a smaller
594:, but Hannibal committed suicide to avoid being taken prisoner. According to Plutarch, many senators reproached Flamininus for having cruelly caused the death of an enemy who had now become harmless. Although nothing is known of him after this, Flamininus seems to have died around 174.
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and made it his naval yard and his main provisioning port. During the period from 197 to 194 BC, from his seat in
Elateia, Flamininus directed the political affairs of the Greek states. In 196 BC Flamininus appeared at the
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against Philip V of
Macedon. Although several scholars have thought that the lottery was rigged in favour of Flamininus, it appears that he was just lucky; the known instances of rigged sortitions took place much later.
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Eckstein, "Flamininus", p. 123, who rejects Badian's interpretation that
Flamininus was chosen because of his military competence and knowledge of Greek to deal with the situation in Macedonia.
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thought that he was a member of the political faction led by the Fabii. However this view has been contested, because the Fabii were in decline after the death of Buteo and the
Cunctator.
229:, as a symbol of his family on a denarius he minted. Flamininus' father — also named Titus — is not known. He had two sons: the elder, Titus Flamininus, was born c.228, the younger
219:— during the third quarter of the third century. The cognomen Flamininus borne by his descendants derives from this prestigious priesthood. Flamininus' great grandson later put an
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and was a great admirer of Greek culture, and the Greeks hailed him as their liberator; they minted coins with his portrait, and in some cities he was deified. According to
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followed soon after. At the end of the third century, the
Quinctii regained a good status among the political class, as shown by Flamininus' uncle Caeso who built the
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who was consul with Gaius Aurelius in 200 BC, according to Livy, as general during the Second Macedonian War. He chased Philip V of Macedon out of most of Southern
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obsolete in the process. Philip was forced to surrender, give up all the Greek cities he had conquered, and pay Rome 1,000
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Flamininus Granting Liberty to Greece at the Isthmian Games
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and Flamininus: available online at Bill Thayer's website
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Flamininus was elected consul, together with the plebeian
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109:Battles/wars
1014:XXXVII:57 (
571:along with
540:Meanwhile,
520:Philhellene
470:making the
163:(ca. 1879).
76:Nationality
1303:Categories
1189:Jörg Rüpke
1091:Wikisource
1040:Livy 41.28
1029:Flamininus
1027:Plutarch,
999:Flamininus
997:Plutarch,
896:Flamininus
894:Plutarch,
820:Flamininus
818:Plutarch,
789:Flamininus
787:Plutarch,
718:Flamininus
716:Plutarch,
678:Flamininus
676:Plutarch,
629:Flamininus
542:Eumenes II
420:aedileship
328:propraetor
18:Flamininus
456:proconsul
427:sortition
411:posterior
271:Cunctator
251:praenomen
188:patrician
63:c. 229 BC
1329:Quinctii
1109:Polybius
1097:Plutarch
923:(1976).
904:dea Roma
776:xxxii. 7
631:, p. 31.
592:Carthage
588:Hannibal
550:Seleucid
546:Pergamum
495:Anticyra
464:Thessaly
394:such as
324:Tarentum
320:quaestor
308:Hannibal
259:Polybius
196:Quinctia
126:(194 BC)
115:(197 BC)
95:(189 BC)
90:(198 BC)
1281:189 BC
1239:198 BC
822:, 1, 2.
508:Corinth
484:Illyria
476:talents
468:legions
361:Venusia
353:Samnium
217:Jupiter
124:Triumph
1031:20–21.
1010:Livy,
980:Livy,
964:
935:
869:
774:Livy,
569:censor
531:Achaea
527:Sparta
499:Phocis
480:Greece
448:Greece
357:Apulia
290:. The
265:, the
231:Lucius
227:Flamen
176:Greece
120:Awards
93:Censor
88:Consul
84:Office
71:174 BC
48:stater
1275:with
1233:with
598:Notes
552:king
512:Greek
334:War.
255:Caeso
246:Fabii
239:augur
172:Roman
79:Roman
46:Gold
1077:Livy
962:ISBN
933:ISBN
900:Zeus
867:ISBN
791:, 2.
720:, 1.
680:, 1.
516:Livy
482:and
398:and
355:and
336:Livy
222:apex
192:gens
68:Died
60:Born
1125:on
1121:by
1001:15.
544:of
506:in
497:in
462:in
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