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cessible:eniinence, Flaccus proposed to withdraw C. Sempronius. Blaesus. afterwards charged him be.
until the next day, but the. undaunted courage of fore the people with having lost his army through
his soldiers, and their indignation at his proposal, his own want of caution and prudence. Flaccus at
obliged him to continue his attack. Having been first endeavoured to throw the fault upon the
joined by his colleague, App. Claudius Pulcher, the soldiers, but further discussion and investigation
enemy's camp was taken by assault. A great proved that he had behaved cowardly. He then
massacre then took place, in which upwards of tried to obtain the assistance of his brother, who
6000 Carthaginians are said to ~have been killed, was then in the height of his glory and engaged in
and more than 7000 were taken prisoners, with all the siege of Capua. But nothing availed; and, as
that the camp contained. The two consuls then he had to expect the severest punishment from a
returned to Beneventum, where they sold the trial, he went to Tarquinii into voluntary exile.
booty, and distributed the proceeds among those (Liv. xxv. 3, 21, xxvi. 2, 3.) According to Vawho had distinguished themselves during the lerius Maximus (ii. 8. ~ 3, comp. viii. 4. ~ 3), he
attack upon Hanno's camp. Hanno, who had not refused the honour of a triumph; but this must
been in the camp at the time when it was taken, be a mistake, at least we do not know on what
found it necessary to withdraw into the country of occasion it could have happened.
the Bruttians. 4. C. FULVIUS M. F. Q. N. FLACCUS, a son of
Hereupon the two consuls marched against No. 1, and a brother of No. 2 and 3, served as
Capua, which was now besieged with the greatest legate under his brother Quintus during the siege
vigour. In the next year, when Cn. Fulvius of Capua. In B.c. 209 he was ordered to conduct
Centumalus and P. Sulpicius Galba were consuls, a detachment of troops into Etruria, and bring
the imperium of Fulvius Flaccus and App. Clau- back to Rome the legions which had been stationed
dius was prolonged: they retained their army, and there. (Liv. xxvi. 33, xxvii. 8.)
were ordered not to leave Capua till it was taken. 5. Q. FULvIUS Q. F. M. N. FLACCUS, one of the
As, however, Hannibal in the meantime marched four sons of Q. Fulvius Flaccus No. 2. In B. C.
against Rome, the senate called Fulvius Flaccus 185 he was aedilis curulis designatus; and as the
back to protect the city, and for this purpose he city praetor, C. Decimus, had just died, he offered
received the same power as the actual consuls. But himself as a candidate for his place, but without
after Hannibal's sudden retreat, Flaccus returned success, notwithstanding his great exertions, and it
to Capua, and continued the siege with the utmost was not till B. c. 182, that he received the office of
exertion. The inhabitants of Capua were reduced praetor, with Hispania Citerior as his province. On
to the last extremity, and- resolved to surrender; his arrival there, he expelled the Celtiberians, who
but before the gates were opened the most distin- were in possession of the town of Urbicua, which
guished persons put an end to their lives. The he took, and soon after he defeated the Celtifearful catastrophe of this once flourishing town, berians in a great battle, in which 23,000 of them
the cruel punishment of the Campanians, the exe- are said to have been slain and 4000 taken pricution of all the surviving senators, and the other soners. After the reduction of the town of Conarrangements, such as could be dictated only by the trebia he gained a second great victory over the
most implacable hatred and hostility, must be set Celtiberians, whereupon the greater part of them
down to the account of Q. Fulvius Flaccus. To- submitted to the Romans. At the end of the year
wards the end of the year he had to return to of his praetorship, when he was returning from his
Rome, where he conducted, as dictator, the con- province, he was allowed to take with him to
sular elections. He himself received Capua as his Rome those soldiers who had most distinguished
province for another year, but his two legions were themselves in the great battles he had gained, and
reduced to one. In 209 he was invested with the public thanksgivings were decreed at Rome for
consulship for the fourth time, and received Lu- his successful campaign. But when he set out for
cania and Bruttium as his province: the Hirpinians, Italy, the Celtiberians, who probably thought that
Lucanians, and Volcentians submitted to him, and he was going to carry out some hostile scheme
were mildly treated. For the year following his against them, attacked him in a narrow defile.
imperium was again prolonged, with Capua for his Notwithstanding his disadvantageous position, he
province and one legion at his command. In 207 again gained a complete victory, the merit of
he commanded two legions at Bruttium. This is which was chiefly owing to his cavalry. The Celthe last record we have of him in history. He was tiberians, after having lost no less than 17,000 of
a very fortunate and successful general during the their men, took to flight. Fulvius Flaccus vowed
latter period of the second Punic war, but his games in honour of Jupiter, and to build a temple
memory is branded with the cruelty with which he to Fortuna equestris, and then returned to Italy.
treated Capua after its fall. (Liv. xxiii. 21-34, He celebrated his victories with a triumph in B. C.
xxiv. 9, xxv. 2, &c., 13, &c., 20, xxvi. 1, &c., 8, 180, and was elected consul for the year following,
&c., 22, 28, xxvii. 6, &c., 11, 15, 22, 36; Eutrop. together with his brother, L. Manlius Acidinus
iii. 1, &c.; Zonar. viii. 18, &c.; Polyb. ii. 31; Fulvianus (this name arose from his being adopted
Oros. iv. 13, &c.; Appian, Annib. 37, 40, &c.; into the family of Manlius Acidinus). The games
Val. Max. ii. 3, ~ 3, 8. ~ 4, iii. 2. Ext. ~ 1, 8, ~ 1, in honour of Jupiter were sanctioned by the senate
v. 2. ~ 1; Cic. de Leg. Agr. ii. 33.) and celebrated. He carried on a war against the
3. CN. FULVIUS M. F. Q. N. FLACCUS, a son Ligurians, who were defeated, and whose camp was
of No. 1, and a brother.of No. 2, was praetor in taken. On his return to Rome, he celebrated a
the third consulship of his brother B. c. 212, and second triumph on the same day on which the year
had Apulia for his province. In the neighbour- before he had triumphed over the Celtiberians. In
hood of Herdonea he was defeated by Hannibal, B. C. 174 he was made censor, with A. Postumius
and was the first that took to flight with about Albinus. In his censorship, his own brother, Cn.
200 horsemen. The rest of his army was cut to Fulvius Flaccus, was ejected from the senate, and
pieces, for out of 22,000 men only 2000 escaped. Q. Fulvius Flaccus now set about building the