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Plutarch · c. AD 46-after 119

Life of Flamininus

Τίτος Κοΐντιος Φλαμινῖνος
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Plutarch's Life of Flamininus describes Titus Quintius Flamininus, the Roman general who defeated Philip of Macedon at Cynoscephalae and proclaimed the freedom of the Greeks at the Isthmian games. It also covers the war against Antiochus, his censorship and quarrel with Cato, and his part in the death of Hannibal. It is paired with the Life of Philopoemen, and a short Comparison of the two men follows.

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Text
Greek original with English translation, 11 passages, about 10000 words in English.
Translator
Bernadotte Perrin (1921)
Edition
Bernadotte Perrin (ed. and trans.), Plutarch's Lives, vol. 10, Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, 1921 (Greek text as digitised by Perseus)
Cite as
Plutarch, Life of Flamininus 1.1 (by chapter, section; Comparison: comp, chapter, section)

Contents · 11 passages

  1. 1.1–2.4Titus Quintius Flamininus: youth, Tarentum and election as consul701 words
  2. 3.1–4.6Flamininus forces the pass of the Apsus against Philip905 words
  3. 5.1–6.3Titus wins Epirus, Thessaly and the Achaeans; Attalus collapses at Thebes751 words
  4. 7.1–8.5Cynoscephalae: Flamininus breaks Philip's phalanx835 words
  5. 9.1–8The Aetolians' quarrel and the peace with Philip602 words
  6. 10.1–11.4Flamininus proclaims the freedom of the Greeks at the Isthmian games886 words
  7. 12.1–14.2Titus dedicates gifts at Delphi, makes peace with Nabis and triumphs at Rome1163 words
  8. 15.1–17.5The war with Antiochus: Titus saves Chalcis and is honoured beside Heracles1189 words
  9. 18.1–19.4Flamininus as censor, his brother Lucius and the quarrel with Cato824 words
  10. 20.1–21.8Flamininus and the death of Hannibal at the court of Prusias1243 words
  11. comp.1.1–comp.3.3Comparison of Philopoemen and Flamininus907 words

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English translation by Bernadotte Perrin (1921). Original text: Bernadotte Perrin (ed. and trans.), Plutarch's Lives, vol. 10, Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, 1921 (Greek text as digitised by Perseus).

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