Marcus Fulvius Flaccus (consul 264 BC)
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Marcus Fulvius Flaccus was a consul
in 264 BC
. In the tradition of Livy
his praenomen is "Quintus".
In his consulship Fulvius Flaccus brought the reduction of Volsinii
to an end and celebrated a triumph. He also conquered Velzna, an Etruscan
city in central Italy, in 264 BC. It was the last Etruscan city to be taken by the Romans.
He was considered to be the founder of the Flaccus
branch of the gens
Fulvius
.
Consul
Consul was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic and an appointive office under the Empire. The title was also used in other city states and also revived in modern states, notably in the First French Republic...
in 264 BC
264 BC
Year 264 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caudex and Flaccus...
. In the tradition of Livy
Livy
Titus Livius — known as Livy in English — was a Roman historian who wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people. Ab Urbe Condita Libri, "Chapters from the Foundation of the City," covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome well before the traditional foundation in 753 BC...
his praenomen is "Quintus".
In his consulship Fulvius Flaccus brought the reduction of Volsinii
Volsinii
Volsinii or Vulsinii , is the name of two ancient cities of Etruria, one situated on the shore of Lacus Volsiniensis , and the other on the Via Clodia, between Clusium and Forum Cassii...
to an end and celebrated a triumph. He also conquered Velzna, an Etruscan
Etruscan civilization
Etruscan civilization is the modern English name given to a civilization of ancient Italy in the area corresponding roughly to Tuscany. The ancient Romans called its creators the Tusci or Etrusci...
city in central Italy, in 264 BC. It was the last Etruscan city to be taken by the Romans.
He was considered to be the founder of the Flaccus
Flaccus
Flaccus was a cognomen of the ancient Roman plebeian family Fulvius, considered one of the most illustrious gentes of the city. Cicero and Pliny the Elder state that the family was originally from Tusculum, and that members still lived there in the 1st century.As usual for cognomina, "Flaccus" was...
branch of the gens
Gens
In ancient Rome, a gens , plural gentes, referred to a family, consisting of all those individuals who shared the same nomen and claimed descent from a common ancestor. A branch of a gens was called a stirps . The gens was an important social structure at Rome and throughout Italy during the...
Fulvius
Fulvius
Fulvius was the nomen of the gens Fulvia, a patrician gens of ancient Rome that originally came from Tusculum. They were originally a plebeian family but were upgraded to patricians soon after the Roman Republic was formed...
.