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  Flaccus - LoveToKnow 1911
Cicero and Pliny state that the family came from Tusculum, where some were still living in the middle of the ist century B.C. Of the Fulvii Flacci the most important were the following: Quintus Fulvius Flaccus, son of the first of the family, Marcus, who was consul with Appius Claudius Caudex in 264.
His son, Quintus, waged war with signal success against the Celtiberians in 182-181, and the Ligurians in 179.
Marcus Fulvius Flaccus, grandnephew of the first Quintus, lived in the times of the Gracchi, of whom he was a strong supporter.
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 Flaccus - The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition - HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
FLACCUS [Flaccus], family of the ancient Roman gens of Fulvius.
Marcus Fulvius Flaccus, a Roman consul in 264 BC, was the founder of the family.
Quintus Fulvius Flaccus, his son, waged war successfully against the Celtiberians (182-181) and the Ligurians (179).
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 Flaccus
Flaccus was a Roman cognomen of the plebeian gens[?] Fulvia[?], considered one of the most illustrious of the city.
As usual for cognomina, "Flaccus" was likely originally a nickname, probably of Marcus Fulvius Flaccus, the founder of the family.
Gnaeus Fulvius Flaccus, brother of Q. Fulvius, convicted of cowardice against Hannibal in 210 BC and exiled to Tarquinii[?]
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 Quintus Fulvius Flaccus
Two notable Romans of the gens Fulvia were named Quintus Fulvius Flaccus.
Quintus Fulvius Flaccus, son of the first Marcus Fulvius Flaccus, was consul in 237 BC, fighting the Gauls in northern Italy.
His son Quintus Fulvius Flaccus is first noticed as curule aedile in 184 BC, then as praetor in Spain campaigning against the Celtiberians in 182-180.
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 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 155 (v. 2)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
After his censorship Q. Fulvius Flaccus became a member of the college of pontiffs; but he began to show symptoms of mental derangement, which was looked upon by the people as a just punishment for the sacrilege he had committed against the temple of Juno.
Flaccus again sent his son ; but Opimius, anxious to begin the fight, arrested the boy, put him into prison, and advanced against' the band of Flaccus, which was soon dis­persed.
Flaccus and his elder son took refuge in a public bath, where they were soon discovered and put to death, b.
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 Quintus Fulvius Flaccus
Two notable Romans were named Quintus[?] Fulvius[?] Flaccus.
Flaccus, son of the first Marcus Fulvius Flaccus, was consul in 237 BC, fighting the Gauls in northern Italy.
Flaccus is first noticed as curule aedile[?] in 184 BC, then as praetor in Spain campaigning against the Celtiberians[?] in 182-180.
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 Flaccus: Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero - Seize the day, counting as little as possible on tomorrow.
Flaccus was a Roman cognomen of the plebeian Fulvii, considered one of the most illustrious gentes of the city.
QUINTUS FULVIUS FLACCUS, son of the first of the family, Marcus, who was consul with Appius Claudius Caudex in 264.
So Flaccus was led away by the soldiers at the command of Bassus, this being the manner in which he returned from the banquet, for it was fitting that justice should begin to visit him at a feast, because he had deprived the houses of innumerable innocent men of all festivity.
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 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 154 (v. 2)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Fulvius Centumalus and P. Sulpicius Galba were consuls, the imperium of Fulvius Flaccus and App.
Flaccus at first endeavoured to throw the fault upon the soldiers, but further discussion and investigation proved that he had behaved cowardly.
Fulvius Flaccus vowed games in honour of Jupiter, and to build a temple to Fortuna equestris, and then returned to Italy.
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 The Project Gutenberg eBook of The History of Rome; Books Nine to Twenty-Six, by Titus Livius
Cneius Fulvius, the consul, was lying encamped there, in the hope of regaining Herdonea, which had revolted from the Romans after the defeat at Cannae, his position being neither sufficiently secure from the nature of the place, nor strengthened by guards.
Quintus Fabius Maximus for the fifth time, and Quintus Fulvius Flaccus for the fourth having entered on their offices of consuls on the ides of March, on the same day, Italy was decreed as the province of both, their command, however, was distributed to separate districts.
Quintus Fulvius Flaccus was to continue in command for a year, and hold the province of Capua, which had been held by Titus Quinctius, with one legion.
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 Fabius Maximus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Descended from an ancient patrician gens Fabii, he was a grandson of Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges and a great-grandson of Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus, both famous consuls.
He probably participated in the First Punic War, although no details of his role are known.
Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus and Marcus Claudius Marcellus
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 Flaccus Quintus Fulvius - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
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Quintus was the author of the poem Posthomerica, which,...
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Quintus Fabius Ambustus tribun militaire à pouvoir consulaire -390, consul -412.
Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus maître de cavalerie -325 abdique, consul -322 et -310 et -308 et -297 et -295, dictateur -315 et -301, censeur -304.
Cneuis Fulvius Centumalus Maximus consul -298, dictateur -263.
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 HighBeam Encyclopedia - Flaccus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
He was killed in 121 along with Caius Sempronius Gracchus and a number of his supporters.
Philo's Flaccus: The First Pogrom, Introduction, Translation and Commentary.
The incurable wound of Telephus: noise, speech and silence in Juvenal's Satire 1.(Critical Essay)
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 Appian's History of Rome: The War against Hannibal
Fulvius Flaccus, the other one, marched with untiring haste by other roads and encamped opposite Hannibal, with the river Anio flowing between them.
When Hannibal found that the bridge had been destroyed and that Fulvius was occupying the opposite bank, he decided to go around by the sources of the stream.
The latter, when he had passed around the sources of the stream, whence the road to Rome was not long, is said to have reconnoitered the city with three body-guards secretly by night, and to have observed the lack of force and the confusion prevailing.
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 Flaccus
Marcus Verrius Flaccus - Verrius Flaccus, Marcus, fl.
Persius - Persius or Aulus Persius Flaccus, A.D. 34–A.D. 62, Roman satirical poet, b.
Horace - Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus), 65 B.C.–8 B.C., Latin poet, one of the greatest of lyric...
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 Flaccus. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Marcus Fulvius Flaccus, a Roman consul in 264
His son, Quintus Fulvius Flaccus, was Roman consul four times (237, 224, 212, 209
Quintus Fulvius Flaccus, his son, waged war successfully against the Celtiberians (182–181) and the Ligurians (179).
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 Appian's History of Rome: The War against Hannibal
Then he ordered his Indians to mount their elephants and break into the camp of Fulvius through the open spaces, and over the piles of earth, in any way they could.
Thus did Fulvius Flaccus by his constancy and skill bring to naught this unexpected ambush, frustrate Hannibal, and save his army, which had always been in terror of Hannibal's stratagems.
Fulvius returned to his colleague at Capua and both of them pressed the siege vigorously, hastening to take the city during the winter while Hannibal remained quiet.
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 In The Box of Fulvius Flaccus
The man next to Quintus Servilius Nerva had been holding his breath for the whole of the first match of the second group of eight.
These merchants, it seemed they were incapable of putting money on anything, and equally incapable of thinking of anything but their investment, Quintus' neighbor had placed quite a bit more than he should have on Sullanus and seemed to shudder anytime it looked like Carnifex might get an edge.
Quintus was overjoyed by the win, and by the way in which he'd won.
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 At the Games
Marcus Fulvius Flaccus was not a very imposing man. A bit on the short side, and prone to having a bit more bulk than he should, the man was definitely not the vision of a hero.
But, he was a Fulvius Flaccus, the family closely associated with the Gracchi brothers, and so was still regarded quite well by the crowds as he made his way down into the arena.
Thanks to his sister's connections, Marcus Fulvius sat in the same box as Mamercus Valerius, just to the left of teh Senior Consul's seats.
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 Characters
Also one of a party of five ambassadors (2) who put the question of war or peace to the Carthaginian Senate in 218.
When war was declared, it was one of them who threw the ceremonial spear into “enemy territory” outside the Temple of Bellona.
A Roman consular dispatched to Spain and Carthage in 219 along with Quintus Baebius* Tamphilus to urge that Hannibal leave the town of Saguntum alone.
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 AllRefer.com - Flaccus (Ancient History, Rome, Biography) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - Flaccus (Ancient History, Rome, Biography) - Encyclopedia
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Flaccus[fla´kus] Pronunciation Key, family of the ancient Roman gens of Fulvius.
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 Roman Soldiers (III-II cent.)
And twice after that I took part in campaigns in which the legions served for a year.
Thereafter I saw two campaigns in Spain, one with Quintus Fulvius Flaccus as Praetor [182, continued in office in 181 and 180], the other with Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus [father of the Gracchus brothers] in command [180].
I was brought back home by Flaccus with the others whom he brought back with him from the province for his Triumph, on account of their bravery.
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 Quintus Fulvius Flaccus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
His son Quintus Fulvius Flaccus is first noticed as curule aedile in 184 BC then as praetor in Spain campaigning against the Celtiberians in 182 -180.
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 Roman Civilization Bates College Winter 2002 - M. Imber
Livy on the Censors Quintus Fulvius Flaccus and Aulus Postumius Albinus:
) who at the time exercised jurisdiction in cases between citizens and aliens, and Lucius Fulvius, the censor's own brother....
These censors were the first to let contracts for paving the streets of the city with flint, for laying the foundations of roads outside the city with gravel and constructing footpaths at the sides, and also for the construction of bridges in many places.
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 Articles - 212 BC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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** In the First Battle of Capua, Hannibal defeats the consuls Quintus Fulvius Flaccus and Appius Claudius, but the Roman army escapes, and soon reestablished the siege once again.
** Hannibal destroys the army of the Roman praetor Marcus Centenius Penula in the battle of the Silarus, then destroys the Roman army of the praetor Gnaeus Fulvius in the First battle of Herdonia, both Roman generals were killed.
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How do the senators and exisiting equestrians feel about that?
Message: Quintus Fulvius Flaccus calls for an assembly..
Favonius Cornelius Pola has asked that I speak to you today.
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The propraetor Claudius Nero laid up his ships in
surrender his lictors to the new praetor Quintus Fulvius
Quintus Fabius Maximus was retained at Rome as
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