Flamininus
Flamininus (Titus Quinctius Flamininus).Born c.229 BC, military tribune 208 under Marcus Claudius Marcellus, then quaestor, probably at Tarentum in south Italy, where he held praetorian imperium for some years from 205. Decemvir for distributing land to Scipio Africanus' veterans 201, he concurrently became triumvir to supplement Venusia (200). In 198, against some opposition but with the support of the veterans he had settled, he was elected consul and sent to take over the war against Philip V of Macedon with a new army and a new political approach. After driving Philip from a strong position in the Aous gorge separating Macedonia from Epirus, he moved towards central Greece against stiff resistance, but with his brother's help forced the Achaean Confederacy into alliance and now gained some further allies. Meeting Philip late in 198, he demanded the evacuation of all of...
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