Gaius Flaminius (consul 223 BC)

Gaius Flaminius
Ducarius decapitates Flaminius at the Battle of Lake Trasimene, by Joseph-Noël Sylvestre. Béziers (Languedoc-Roussillon), Musée des beaux-Arts.
Born	c. 275 BC
Died	24 June 217 BC, April on the Julian calendar Lake Trasimene, Italy
Nationality	Roman
Office	Consul (223, 217 BC) Censor (220 BC) Tribune of the plebs (232 BC)
Children	Gaius Flaminius
Military service
Battles/wars	Battle of Lake Trasimene

Gaius Flaminius (c. 275 BC – 217 BC) was a leading Roman politician in the third century BC. Flaminius served as consul twice, in 223 and 217. He is notable for the Lex Flaminia, a land reform passed in 232, the construction of the Circus Flaminius in 221, the construction of the Via Flaminia, and his death at the hands of Hannibal's army at the Battle of Lake Trasimene in 217, during the Second Punic War. Flaminius is celebrated by ancient sources as being a skilled orator and a man possessed of great piety, strength, and determination.^[1] He is, however, simultaneously criticised by ancient writers such as Cicero and Livy for his popular policies and disregard of Roman traditions, particularly during the terms of his tribunate and second consulship.^[2]