Lucius Quinctius Flamininus
Lucius Quinctius Flamininus was a politician of the Roman Republic .
He was 201 BC. Curular aedile and praetor in 199 BC . From the following year he was legate of his brother Titus Quinctius Flamininus , who commanded the Roman troops in the fight against Philip V of Macedonia. Lucius besieged Eretria and in 197 was involved in his brother's negotiations with the Spartan king Nabis . In the following years, Lucius Quinctius Flamininus commanded the Roman fleet in the Greek waters, with which he 194 BC. The army was transported back to Italy.
As consul in 192 BC Lucius Quinctius Flamininus fought in northern Italy and in the following years was again a legate in the war against the Seleucid ruler Antiochus III. 184 BC He was expelled from the Senate by the censor Marcus Porcius Cato for violation of morals .
It is mentioned in Valerius Maximus in connection with the incipient privilege of earlier leading figures of the Roman Republic to attend performances in the theater from an elevated and henceforth reserved position. The Senate is said to have approved this special place at the urging of the censors Marcus Porcius Cato and Lucius Valerius Flaccus .
literature
- Tassilo Schmitt : Quinctius I, 13. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 10, Metzler, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-476-01480-0 , column 708 f.
Remarks
- ^ Marcus Tullius Cicero , Cato maior de senectute 42.
- ↑ Valerius Maximus, Facta et dicta memorabilia 4,5,1.
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| SURNAME | Quinctius Flamininus, Lucius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Flamininus, Lucius Quinctius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman politician, consul in 192 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd century BC Chr. |