Titus Quinctius Flamininus (c. 228 BC – 174 BC) was a Roman politician and general instrumental in the Roman conquest of Greece. Events By place Carthage The Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca is killed in a battle in Hispania, ending his lengthy Events By place Mongolia The Xiongnu attack the Tocharians, and force them away from Gansu. The Roman Republic was the phase of the ancient Roman civilization characterized by a Republican form of government a period which began with the overthrow of the Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία
Member of the gens Quinctia, and brother to Lucius Quinctius Flamininus, he served as a military tribune in the Second Punic war and in 205 BC he was appointed propraetor in Tarentum. In Ancient Rome, a gens (pl gentes) was a Clan, Caste, or group of Families, that shared a common name (the Quinctius (female Quinctia, plural Quinctii) was the "name" of a Gens of the Roman Republic. Lucius Quinctius Flamininus, the brother of the great Titus Quinctius Flamininus, was a Roman Consul in 192 BC Tribune (from the Latin: tribunus; Byzantine Greek form τριβούνος) was a title shared by 2–3 elected magistracies in the The Second Punic War (referred to as "The War Against Hannibal" by the Romans lasted from 218 to 201 BC and involved combatants in the western Praetor was a title granted by the government of Ancient Rome to men acting in one of two official capacities the commander of an Army, either before Not to be confused with Toronto. Taranto ( Ancient Greek: Tarās; Modern Greek: Tarantas) is a coastal city in He was a curule aedile in Rome in 203 BC and a quaestor in 199 BC. Aedile ( Aedilis, from aedes aedis "temple" "building" was an office of the Roman Republic. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Quaestors were originally appointed by the Consuls to investigate criminal acts and determine if the consul needed to take public action He became consul in 198 BC, despite being only about thirty years old, younger than the constitutional age required to serve in that position. Consul (abbrev cos; Latin plural consules) was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic and an appointive office under the Empire As Livy records, two tribunes, Marcus Fulvius and Manius Curius publicly opposed his candidacy for consulship, as he was just a quaestor, but the Senate overrode the opposition and he was elected along with Sextus Aelius Paulus.
After his election to the consulship he was chosen to replace Publius Sulpicius Galba who was consul with Gaius Aurelius in 200 BC, according to Livy, as general during the Second Macedonian War. Publius Sulpicius Galba Maximus was a Consul of Rome in 211 BC when he defended the city against the surprise attack by Hannibal. The Second Macedonian War ( 200 &ndash 197 BC) was fought between Macedon, led by Philip V of Macedon, and Rome, allied with Pergamon He chased Philip V of Macedon out of most of Greece, except for a few fortresses, defeating him at the Battle of the Aous, but as his term as consul was coming to an end he attempted to establish a peace with the Macedonian king. Philip V ( Greek Φίλιππος Ε΄) (238 BC - 179 BC was King of Macedon from 221 BC to 179 BC Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία The Battle of the Aous was fought in 198 BC between Rome and Macedon at or near modern Tepelenë in Albania. During the negotiations, Flamininus was made proconsul, giving him the authority to continue the war rather than finishing the negotiations. Ancient Rome In the Roman Republic, a proconsul was a Promagistrate (like a Propraetor) who after serving as Consul, spent a year In 197 BC he defeated Philip at the Battle of Cynoscephalae in Thessaly, the Roman legions making the Macedonian phalanx obsolete in the process. For the earlier battle fought here see Battle of Cynoscephalae (364 BC. Thessalia redirects here For the Butterfly Genus, see Thessalia (butterfly. For other uses see Legion The Roman Legion (from Latin legio "military levy Conscription," The Army of ancient Macedon is considered to be among the greatest military forces of the ancient world Philip was forced to surrender, give up all the Greek cities he had conquered, and pay Rome 1,000 talents, but his kingdom was left intact to serve as a buffer state between Greece and Illyria. The talent ( Latin: talentum, from Ancient Greek: "scale balance" is an ancient unit of Mass. Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Illyria ( Albanian Iliria ( Ancient Greek; Latin Illyria; see also Illyricum) was in Classical antiquity a region in the This displeased the Achaean League, Rome's allies in Greece, who wanted Macedon to be dismantled completely. The Achaean League (Ἀχαϊκὴ Συμμαχία or (Ἀχαϊκὴ Συμπολιτεία was a Confederation of Greek city states in Achaea
In 198 BC he occupied Anticyra in Phokis and made it his naval yard and his main provisioning port. Anticyra, or Antikyra the ancient (and modern name of a city in Phokis, Greece. Phocis ( Greek, Modern: Φωκίδα foˈkiða Ancient / Katharevousa: Φωκίς foˈkis is an ancient district and a modern prefecture [1] 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 Isthmian Games in Corinth and proclaimed the freedom of the Greek states. Events By place Roman Republic The Insubres, Gauls of the Po Valley, believed by the Romans to have been The Isthmian Games or Isthmia ( Ancient Greek Ἴσθμια were one of the Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece, and were named after the Corinth, or Korinth ( Greek Κόρινθος ( is a city in Greece. He was fluent in Greek 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. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly According to Livy, this was the act of an unselfish Hellenophile, although it seems more likely that Flamininus understood freedom as liberty for the aristocracy of Greece, who would then become clients of Rome, as opposed to being subjected to Macedonian rule. Titus Livius (traditionally 59 BC &ndash AD 17 known as Livy in English, was a Roman historian who wrote a monumental history of Rome With his Greek allies, Flamininus plundered Sparta, before returning to Rome in triumph along with thousands of freed slaves, 1200 of which were freed from Achaea, who had been taken captive and sold in Greece during the Second Punic War. The War against Nabis or Laconian War of 195 BC was fought between the Greek city-state of Sparta and a coalition comprised of Rome, the Achean The city of Sparta ( Doric Σπάρτα Attic Σπάρτη Achaea (Αχαΐα Achaïa, axaˈia in Polytonic orthography) is an ancient province and a present prefecture of Greece, on the northern The Second Punic War (referred to as "The War Against Hannibal" by the Romans lasted from 218 to 201 BC and involved combatants in the western Livius, Titus; A. H. McDonald, Henry Bettenson (1976). Rome and the Mediterranean: Books XXXI-XLV of the History of Rome from its Foundation. Penguin Classics. ISBN 978-0140443189.
Meanwhile, Eumenes II of Pergamum appealed to Rome for help against the Seleucid king Antiochus III. Eumenes II of Pergamon (Εὐμένης Α' τῆς Περγάμου (ruled 197 - 159 BC was king of Pergamon and a member of the Attalid dynasty. The Seleucid Empire /sə'lusɪd/ ( 312 - 63 BC) was a Hellenistic empire i Antiochus III the Great, ( Greek; ca 241&ndash187 BC ruled 222&ndash187 BC younger son of Seleucus II Callinicus Flamininus was sent to negotiate with him in 192 BC, and warned him not to interfere with the Greek states. Antiochus did not believe Flamininus had the authority to speak for the Greeks, and promised to leave Greece alone only if the Romans did the same. These negotiations came to nothing and Rome was soon at war with Antiochus. Flamininus was present at the Battle of Thermopylae in 191 BC, in which Antiochus was defeated. The Battle of Thermopylae was fought in 191 BC between a Roman army led by consul Manius Acilius Glabrio and a Seleucid force led by King
In 189 BC he was elected censor along with Marcus Claudius Marcellus, defeating among others Marcus Porcius Cato. Marcus Claudius Marcellus (ca 268 BC-208 BC was a Roman general one of the commanders of the Roman Army during the Second Punic War and the conqueror of Syracuse Marcus Porcius Cato may refer to Cato the Elder (circa 236 BC - 149 BC born Marcus Porcius Priscus and then nicknamed Cato' Marcus Porcius
In 183 BC he was sent to negotiate with Prusias I of Bithynia in an attempt to capture Hannibal, who had been exiled there from Carthage, but Hannibal committed suicide to avoid being taken prisoner. Prusias I Cholus (Προυσίας Α' ὁ Χωλός "the Lame ") (ca Description Several major cities sat on the fertile shores of the Propontis (which is now known as Sea of Marmara) Nicomedia, Chalcedon, Cius Hannibal (Pronounced in Phoenician: Hanniba'al means " Ba'al is my grace " or " Ba'al has given me grace " 247 BC &ndash Carthage (Καρχηδών Karkhēdōn, Carthago from the Phoenician קרת חדשת phn-Latn Qart-ḥadašt meaning new town) refers Although nothing is known of him after this, Flamininus seems to have died around 174.
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- ^ Polybius XVIII 28, 45. 7, XXVII 14, 16. 6.
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Consul of the Roman Republic with Sextus Aelius Paetus Catus 198 BC |
Succeeded by Gaius Cornelius Cethegus and Quintus Minucius Rufus |
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