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T166 FLACCUS. FIACCUS.
ing to invoke.' (Duker, de Vet. Iet. Latin. p. oath to Vespasian, when the news arrived of the
156.) It is not unlikely that Paulus and Cen- battle of Cremona. But the soldiers were still
sorinus refer to the same work of Granius, under mutinous; and on the arrival of two fresh legions,
different names, for the religious laws of the kings they demanded a donative out of some money
doubtless remained longest in use; and Papirius, which they knew had been sent by Vespasian.
who was himself a pontiff, is said by Dionysius Hordeonius yielded to the demand: the money
of HIalicarnassus (iii. 36) to have collected the was spent in feasting and drinking; the soldiers,
sacred, laws after the expulsion of the kings. thus excited, recalled to mind their old quarrel
Religious ceremonies, in the early period of Roman with Hordeonius, and, in the middle of the night,
history, may well be supposed to have constituted a they dragged him from his bed and killed him.
large portion of the technical law, and to have been (Tac. Hist. i. 9, 52, 54. 56, ii. 57, 97, iv. 13,
connected with the principal transactions of life. 18, 19, 24, 25, 27, 31, 36, 55, v. 26; Plut.
Servius (ad Aen. xii. 836) cites a lex Papiria, Galba, 10, 18, 22.) [P. S.]
and Macrobius (Sat. iii. 11) cites a passage of the FLACCUS, MUNA'TIUS, one of the conspiJus Papirianum, which, from the Latinity, may rators against Q. Cassius Longinus, praetor of Hisreasonably be ascribed to Granius Flaccus. The pania Ulterior, B. c. 48. Munatius Flaccus compassage points out the distinction between temple menced the attack upon Cassius Longinus by killing
furniture and temple ornaments, and shows that to one of the lictors and wounding the legate, Q.
the former class belongs the consecrated table Cassius. Like all the persons involved in that con(" 2mensa, in qua epulae, libationesque, et stipes re- spiracy, Flaccus was not a Roman, but an Italian.
ponuntur ") which is used as an altar (" in templo (Hirt. Bell. Alex. 52 ) [L. S.]
ma'e usum obtinet "). P. P. Justi, with much FLACCUS, NORBA'NUS. 1. C. NoRBANUS
probability (Specitn. Observ. Crit. c. 11, Vindob. FLACCUS.'In B. C. 42 he and Decidius Saxa were
1-765), attributes to Flaccus (Granius, not the sent by Octavian and Antony with eight legions
grammarian Verrius Flaccus,) a religious fragment into Macedonia, and thence they proceeded to
which the ordinary text of Servius (ad Aen. xii. Philippi to operate against Brutus and Cassius.
233) ascribes to an unknown Elaus. Other frag- They encamped in the neighbourhood of Philippii
mlents of Granius are preserved by Festus (s. v. and occupied a position which prevented the repubRicaue), Macrobius (Sat. i. 18), Arnobius (Adv. licans advancing any further. By a stratagem of
Gentes, iii. p. 69, 72, ed. Elmenhorst), and Priscian Brutus and Cassius, Norbanus was led to quit his
(Ars Gram. viii. p. 793, ed. Putsch). position, but he discovered his mistake in time
Granius Flaccus is not to be confounded with to recover his former position. The republicans
Granius Licinianus, who is cited by Servius (ad advancing by another and longer road, Norbanus
Aen. i. 732), and Macrobius (Sat. i. 16). (Lu- withdrew with his army towards Amphipolis, and
dov. Carrio, Emendat. i. 4 Maiansius, ad XXX the republicans, without pursuing Norbanus, enIctoru n Frag. Commenzt. vol. ii. p. 129-141; camped near Philippi. When Antony arrived, he
Dirksen, Buclastiicke, &c. p. 61.) [J. T. G.] was glad to find that Amphipolis was secured, and
FLACCUS, HORA'TIUS. [HORATIUS.] having strengthened its garrison under Norbanus,
FLACCUS, HORDEO'NIUS, was consular he proceeded to Philippi. In B. C. 38, C. Norbalegate of the army of Upper Germany at the time nus Flaccus was consul with App. Claudius Pulof Nero's death (A. D. 68).. He was despised by cher. The C. Norbanus Flaccus, who was consul
his army, for he was old, a cripple, without firm- B. C. 24 with Octavian, was probably a son of the
ness, and without influence. When his soldiers one here spoken of. (Appian, B. C. iv. 87, 103,
renounced (allegiance to Galba (Jan. 1. 69 A. D.), &c., 106, &c.; Dion Cass. xxxviii. 43, xlvii. 35,
he had -not the courage to oppose them, though he xlix. 23, liii. 28; Plut. Brut. 38.)
did not share in their treason. He was left in 2. C. NORBANus FLACCUS, was consul in A. D.
command of the left bank of the Rhine by Vitel- 15, the birth year of Vitellius. (Tac. Ann. i. 54;
lius, when:the latter marched to Italy; but he Suet. Vit. 3.) [L. S.]
delayed the march of the forces which Vitellius FLACCUS, PE'RSTUS. [PERSIUs.]
sent for from the Germanies, partly through fear of FLACCUS, POMPO'NIUS. 1. L. PoMPothe insurrection of the Batavians, which soon after NIUS FLACCUS, was consul in A. D. 17, and in A. D.
broke out, and partly because in his heart he fa- 51 he was legate in Upper Germany, and fought
voured Vespasian. He even requested Civilis to successfully against the Chatti, for which he was
assist in retaining the legions, by pretending to honoured with the ensigns of a triumph. Tacitus
raise a rebellion among the Batavians; which says that his fame as a general was not very great,
Civilis did, not in pretence, but in earnest. [Cr- and that it was eclipsed by his renown as a poet.
VILIS.] Flaccus took no notice of the first move- (Tac.'Ann. ii. 41, xii. 27, 28.)
ments of the Batavians, but their success soon 2. PoMPoNIus FLACCUS, was appointed in A. D.
compelled him to make at least a show- of op- 19 by Tiberius to undertake the administration
position, and he sent against them his legate, of Moesia, and to operate against king Rha.
Mummius Lupercus, who was defeated. By the scupolis, who had killed Cotys, his brother anid
proofs he gave of his unwillingness or inability to colleague in the kingdom. Velleius (ii. 129) gives
put down the insurrection, and by receiving a him very high praise; saying that he was a vir
letter from Vespasian, he exasperated his soldiers, natus ad omnia quae recte facienda sunt, simplicique
who compelled him to give up the command to virtute merens semper, non captansgloriam. He was,
VOCULA. Shortly afterwards, in a fresh mutiny however, a friend of Tiberius, with whom, on one
during the absence of Vocula, he was accused of occasion, he spent one whole night and two days
treachery by HERENNIvsGALLus, and, as itseems, in uninterrupted drinking. (Suet. Tib. 42.) He
was bound'by the soldiers, but he was released died in A. D. 34, as propraetor of Syria, where he
again by Vocula. He still however retained suffi- had been for many years. (Tac. Ann. ii. 32, vL.
cient influence to persuade the army -to take the 27.) Velleius calls him a consular, whence some