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
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