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Flaccus
, family of the ancient Roman gens of Fulvius. Marcus Fulvius Flaccus,.
a Roman consul in 264 B.C., was the founder of the family.
His
son, Quintus Fulvius Flaccus, was Roman consul four times (237, 224,
212, 209 B.C.), censor (231), pontifex maximus [high priest] (216), and
urban praetor (215). He distinguished himself in campaigns against the
Gauls, Insubrians, and Ligurians. In the Second Punic War he triumphed
over Hanno, the Carthaginian general, in 212 BC. He defeated (211) the
Carthaginians near Beneventum, captured (211) Capua after a prolonged
siege, and overcame (209) Hannibal's garrisons in Lucania and Bruttium.
Cnaeus Fulvius Flaccus,. Quintus's brother, was convicted of cowardice against Hannibal in 210 and went into voluntary exile.
Quintus
Fulvius Flaccus, his son, waged war successfully against the
Celtiberians (182�181) and the Ligurians (179). He eventually went mad
and hanged himself.
Marcus
Fulvius Flaccus,. grandnephew of the first Quintus, lived in the 2d
cent. B.C. and was a supporter of the liberal measures of the Gracchi
family. As consul in 125, he proposed to make all allies Roman
citizens. This proposal, which met Senate opposition, led to the Social
War. He was sent to subdue the Salluvii, who had attacked the
Massilians, and returned to Rome in triumph. He was killed in 121 along
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