Titus Quinctius Flamininus (229-174 BCE) was a consul and military commander of the Roman Republic during the Second Macedonian War, who decisively defeated Philip V of Macedon (r. 221-179 BCE) at the Battle of Cynoscephalae in 197 BCE and negotiated the Peace of Flamininus, which established Roman control in Greece.
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229 BCE - 174 BCELife of Roman consul and commander Titus Quinctius Flamininus.
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200 BCE - 196 BCESecond Macedonian War: Roman victory.
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197 BCERomans are victorious over Philip V of Macedon at Cynoscephalae.
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c. 183 BCEAs an ambassador to the Hellenistic kingdom of Bithynia, Titus Quinctius Flamininus, the general who defeated Macedon, demands that Hannibal should be surrendered in Roman hands. As king Prusias gives in, Hannibal commits suicide in the village of Libyssa, in order to escape captivity. The Roman Senate did not approve of Flamininus' action.