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temple which he had vowed in Spain, and which negotiations were commenced. Flaccus again sent
was to be more magnificent than any other at his son; but Opimius, anxious to begin the fight,
Rome. For this purpose he took down half the arrested the boy, put him into prison, and advanced
roof of the temple of Juno Lacinia, in Bruttium, against the band of Flaccus, which was soon disin order to use the marble slabs to form the roof persed. Flaccus and his elder son took refuge in a
of his new structure. The Bruttians suffered the public bath, where they were soon discovered and
sacrilege from fear; but when the ship containing put to death, B. C. 121. It cannot be said that
the marble arrived at Rome, the manner in which M. Fulvius Flaccus had any bad motive in joining
the ornament had been obtained became known. the party of the Gracchi, for all the charges that
The consuls summoned him before the senate, were brought against him at the time were not
which not only disapproved of his conduct, but established by evidence; but he was, of a bolder
ordered the, marble slabs to be sent back, and ex- and more determined character than C. Gracchus.
piatory sacrifices to be offered to Juno. The com- Cicero mentions him among the orators of the time,
mands of the senate were obeyed, but as there but states that he did not rise above mediocrity,
was no architect in Bruttium able to restore the although his orations were still extant in the time
marble slabs to their place, they were deposited in of Cicero. A daughter of his, Fulvia, was married
the area of the temple, and there they remained. to P. Lentulus, by whom she became the mother
After his censorship Q. Fulvius Flaccus became a of Lentulus Sura. Cicero (pro Dom. 43) calls him
member of the college of pontiffs; but he began to the father-in-law of a brother of Q. Catulus, whence
show symptoms of mental derangement, which was we may infer that he had a second daughter. A
looked upon by the people as a just punishment for third daughter was married to L. Caesar, consul in
the sacrilege he had committed against the temple B.C. 91; so that M. Fulvius Flaccus was the
of Juno. While in this condition, he received in- grandfather of L. Caesar, who was consul in B. c.
telligence that of his two sons who were serving in 64. (Liv. Epit. 59, 61; Appian, B. C. i. 18, &c.;
Illyricum, one had died, and the other was dan- Plut. Tib. Gracch. 18, C. Gracch. 10-16; Vell.
gerously ill. This appears to have upset his mind Pat. ii. 6; Cic. Brut. 28, de Orat. ii. 70, in Cat.
completely, and he hung himself in his own bed- i. 2, 12, iv. 6; Schol. Gronov. ad Catil. p. 413;
chamber, B. C. 173. (Liv. xxxix. 39, 56, xl. 1, 16, Cic. pro Donm. 38, Phil. viii. 4; Val. Max. v. 3. ~ 2,
30, &c., 35-44, 53, 59, xli. 27, xlii. 3, 28; vi. 3. ~ 1, ix. 5. ~ 1; comp. Meyer, Frag. Orat.
Vell. Pat. i. 10, ii. 8; Appian, HIisp. 42; Val. Rom. p. 219, 2d edit.)
Max. i. 1. ~ 20, ii. 5. ~ 7; Cic. in Verr. i. 41.) 8. M. FULvIus FLACCUS was one of the Decemz6. M. FULVIUS Q. F. M. N. FLACCUS, a brother viri Agro Samniti Appuloque metiendo dividenof No. 5, served as legate of his brother Quintus doque, who were appointed in B. C. 201. He was
in Spain against the Celtiberians, B.C. 182. (Liv. married to Sulpicia, a daughter of Paterculus.
xl. 30.) (Liv. xxxi. 4; Solin. 7.)
7. M. FULvIus M. F. Q. N. FLACCUS, a son of 9. Q. FULvius FLACCUS was praetor in SarNo. 6, and a friend of the Gracchi, was consul in dinia in B. C. 187; and after having been thrice a
B.c. 125, and was sent to the assistance of the candidate for the consulship, he obtained it at
Massilians, whose territory was invaded by the Sal- length in B. c. 180, in the place of his step-father,
luvians; and he was the first that subdued the C. Piso, who had died, and was said to have been
transalpine Ligurians, over whom he celebrated a poisoned by his wife Quarta Hostilia, in order to
triumph. After the death of Tib. Sempronius make room for her son. (Liv. xxxviii. 42, xl. 37.)
Gracchus, in B. C. 129, he, Carbo, and C. Sempronius 10. M. FULVIvs FLACCUS, one of the triumvirs
Gracchus had been appointed triumvirs agro divi- who were appointed to conduct the colonies to
dendo. He was a warm supporter of all that C. Pollentia and Pisaurum, in B. C. 184. (Liv. xxxix.
Gracchus did, especially of his agrarian law; but 44.)
he seems to have been wanting in that dignified 11. SER. FuLvIus FLACCUS, was consul in B. C.
and quiet, but steady conduct, which characterises 135, and subdued the Vardaeans in Illyricum.
the pure and virtuous career of C. Gracchus, who Cicero calls him a literary and eloquent man. He
was more injured in public opinion than benefited was on one occasion accused of incest, and was deby his friendship with M. Fulvius Flaccus; for fended by C. Curio. (Liv. Epit. 56; Appianamong other charges which were brought against lllyr. 10; Cic. Brat. 21, 32, de Invent. i. 43;
him, it was said that he endeavoured to excite the Schol. Bob. in Clod. p. 330, ed. Orelli.)
Italian allies, by bringing forward in his consul- 12. C. FULVIUS FLACCUS -was consul in B. C,
ship a bill to grant them the Roman franchise. 134. An unsuccessful war had then been carried
In B.C. 122, he accompanied C. Gracchus into on for some time against the revolted slaves under
Africa to establish a colony at Carthage, for the Ennus in Sicily; and he and his colleague under:
senate was anxious to get rid of them, and in their took the command, though apparently with little
absence to make energetic preparations against success. (Liv. Epit. 56; Oros. v. 6.) [L. S.]
them. But both returned to Rome very soon. - FLACCUS, GRA'NIUS, as we. learn from
During the night previous to the murder of C. Paulus (Dig. 50. tit. 16. s. 144) wrote a book,
Gracchus, Flaccus kept a mob ready to fight De Jure Papiriano, which was a collection of the
against -the senatorial party, and:spent the night laws of the ancient kings of Rome, made by Pain drinking and feasting with his friends. At day- pirius [PAPIRIUS]. Granius Flaccus was a conbreak he went with his armed band to seize the temporary of Julius Caesar, and Censorinus (De
Aventine hill. C. Gracchus also joined them, Die Nat. 3) cites his work De Indigitamentis,
though refusing to use violence, and prevailed upon which was dedicated to Caesar. The IndigitaFlaccus'to send his younger son to the forum to menta treated of were probably invocations used in
offer the hand for reconciliation to the senatorial certain sacred rites. (Macrob. Sat. i. 17), and,
party.:Opimius refused, and demanded that'his according to some etymologists, the word is derived
father and Gracchus should surrender before any from indu, the old form for in, and citare, signifyp