Quintus Fulvius Flaccus
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Quintus Fulvius Flaccus, son of Marcus Fulvius Flaccus (consul 264 BC), Quintus was consul in 237 BC, fighting the Gauls in northern Italy. He was censor in 231 BC, again consul in 224 BC, when he subdued the Boii. He was a praetor in 215 BC and in the following year, and Master of Horse in 213 BC.
Consul again 212 BC, fighting the Second Punic War, he was defeated by Hannibal at the first Battle of Capua, then won a victory over Hanno the Elder, capturing his camp at Beneventum, then captured Capua in 211 BC while serving as proconsul. In his fourth term as consul, (209 BC) he retook Lucania and Bruttium. He opposed the African expedition of Scipio Africanus Major in 205 BC, and died sometime not long thereafter.
Preceded by: Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus and Publius Valerius Falto |
Consul of the Roman Republic with Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus 237 BC |
Succeeded by: Publius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus and Gaius Licinius Varus |
Preceded by: Lucius Aemilius Papirius and Gaius Atilius Regulus |
Consul of the Roman Republic with Titus Manlius Torquatus 224 BC |
Succeeded by: Gaius Flaminius and Publius Furius Philus |
Preceded by: Quintus Fabius Maximus and Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus |
Consul of the Roman Republic with Appius Claudius Pulcher 212 BC |
Succeeded by: Publius Sulpicius Galba Maximus and Gnaeus Fulvius Centumalus Maximus |
Preceded by: Marcus Valerius Laevinus and Marcus Claudius Marcellus |
Consul of the Roman Republic with Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus 209 BC |
Succeeded by: Marcus Claudius Marcellus and Titus Quinctius Crispinus |