Titus Quinctius Flamininus

Titus Quinctius Flamininus
Gold stater of Titus Quinctius Flamininus in the British Museum, ca. 197/196 (or 191) BC.
Bornc. 229 BC
Died174 BC
NationalityRoman
OfficeConsul (198 BC)
Censor (189 BC)
Military service
Battles/warsBattle of Cynoscephalae (197 BC)
AwardsTriumph (194 BC)
Jean-Pierre Saint-Ours, Flamininus Granting Liberty to Greece at the Isthmian Games, 1780, drawing
Titus Quinctius Flamininus offers the liberty to the Greeks by Giuseppe Sciuti (ca. 1879).

Titus Quinctius Flamininus (229 – 174 BC) was a Roman politician and general instrumental in the Roman conquest of Greece.[1]

  1. ^ E. Badian (1970). Titus Quinctius Flamininus: Philhellenism and Realpolitik. University of Cincinnati.