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Flaminius [fləˈmɪnɪəs] n
(Biographies / Flaminius, Gaius (death date: 217 bc), Roman, POLITICS: statesman, MILITARY: general) Gaius (ˈgaɪəs). died 217 bc, Roman statesman and general: built the Flaminian Way; defeated by Hannibal at Trasimene (217) ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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| Lake Thracymene, illumined by the evening sun, lay like flaming gold between the dark-blue mountain-ridges; here, where Hannibal defeated Flaminius, the rivers now held each other in their green embraces; lovely, half-naked children tended a herd of black swine, beneath a group of fragrant laurel-trees, hard by the road-side. |
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