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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. ï. 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 Dom. 38, Phil. viii. 4 ; Val. Max. v. 3. 82,
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, i. 8; Appian, Hisp. 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 Decem-
6. M. Fulvius Q. F. M. n. Flaccus, a brother viri Agro Samniti Appuloque metiendo diriden-
of 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. x. Flaccus, a son of 9. Q. Fulvius FLACCUS was praetor in Sar-
No. 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,
Juvians ; 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. Fulvius 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 il. 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 de
by his friendship with M. Fulvius Flaccus ; for fended by C. Curio. (Liv. Epit. 56 ; Appian,
among other charges which were brought against Nyr. 10; Cic. Brut. 21, 32, de Inrent. 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. )
ther. 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 Pupiriano, which was a collection of the
against the senatorial party, and spent the night laws of the ancient kings of Rome, made by Pa-
in drinking and feasting with his friends. At day- pirius (PAPIRIUS). Granius Flaccus was a con-
break he went with his arnied 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 Indurtamentis,
though refusing to use violence, and prevailed upon which was dedicated to Caesar. The Indigila-
Flaccus 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,
pary. Opimius refused, and demanded that his according to some etymologists, the word is derived
father and Gracchus should surrender before any from ind tt, the old forin for in, and citare, signify.
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FLACCUS.
FLACCUS.
ing to invoke. (Duker, de Vet. Id. Latin. p. 1 oath to Vespasian, when the news arrived of the
156.
) It is not unlikely that Paulus and Ceno 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 Halicarnassus (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 conspi-
Jus Papirianum, which, from the Latinity, may rators against Q. Cassius Longinus, praetor of His-
reasonably be ascribed to Granius Flaccus. The pania Ulterior, B. C. 48. Munatius Flaccus com-
passage 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-
(“mensa, in qua epulae, libationesque, et stipes re- spimcy, Flaccus was not a Roman, but an Italian.
ponuntur ") which is used as an altar (" in templo (Hirt. Bell. Aler. 52 )
[L. S. )
arae usum obtinet "). P. P. Justi, with much FLACCUS, NORBANUS. 1. C. NORBANUS
probability (Specim. Obseru. Crit. c. ll, Vindob. FLACCUS. In B. C. 42 he and Decidius Saxa were
1765), 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 Philippi,
ments of Granius are preserved by Festus (s. c. and occupied a position which prevented the repub-
Ricae), Macrobius (Sal. 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. 1. 16); (Lu- withdrew with his army towards Amphipolis
, and
dov. Carrio, Emendat. i. 4 ; Maiansius, ad XXX the republicans, without pursuing Norbanus, en-
Ictorum Frag. Comment. vol. ii. p. 129–141; camped near Philippi. When Antony arrived, he
Dirksen, Bruchstücke, &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. Norba-
legate of the army of Upper Germany at the time nus Flaccus was consul with App. Claudius Pul-
of 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'RSIUS. (Persius. )
sent for from the Germanies, partly through fear of FLACCUS, POMPONIUS. 1. L. POMPO-
the 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 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 and
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 captans gloriam. 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 HERENNIUS Gallus, and, as it seems, 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 be
again by Vocula. He still however retained suffi- had been for many years. (Tac. Ann. ï. 32, vi.
cient influence to persuade the army to take the 27. ) Velleius calls him a consular, whence some


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writers are of opinion that he is the same as L. Agrorum and Nomina Limitum. These are pro-
Pomponius Flaccus, but this opinion is irrecon- bably the work of some subsequent compiler.
cileable with chronology. (Comp. Ov. ex Pont. iv. The remains of Siculus Flaccus may be found in
9. 75; Masson, Vit. Ovid. ad ann. 769. ) (L. S. ) the collections of the Agrimensores by Turnebus
FLACCUS, L. RUTI'LIUS, known only (4to. Paris, 1554), Rigaltius (4to. Lutet.