Gaius Flaminius (consul 187 BC)
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Gaius Flaminius was Roman consul in 187 BC, together with Marcus Aemilius Lepidus. During his consulship, he fought to pacify Ligurian tribesmen who had been raiding northern Italy.
Flaminius' father, also named Gaius Flaminius, was a popular reformer who had twice been consul, and was killed at the battle of Lake Trasimene in 217 BC, during the Second Punic War.[1][2] The son's political career began in 209, when Flaminius served as quaestor to Scipio Africanus in Spain.[3][4] As curule aedile in 196, he distributed large quantities of grain amongst the people at a low price.[5][6] As praetor in 193, Flaminius was given Hispania Citerior as his province, and there carried on a successful war by besieging and capturing the wealthy town of Litabrum, thereby demonstrating his strategic skills.[7][8][9]