Friniates
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The Friniates were an ancient Ligurian
tribe on the north of the Apennines, near the sources of the Scultenna (modern Panaro
), which had been reduced to subjection by C. Flaminius
in 187 BCE. (Liv.
xxxix. 2.)
Ligures
The Ligures were an ancient people who gave their name to Liguria, a region of north-western Italy.-Classical sources:...
tribe on the north of the Apennines, near the sources of the Scultenna (modern Panaro
Panaro
The Panaro is an Italian river and the final right-hand tributary to the Po, discounting the Cavo Napoleonico canal. It runs right across Emilia-Romagna in a north-easterly direction: from its source close to the Apennine watershed, where Emilia-Romagna meets Tuscany, to its outlet where the Po...
), which had been reduced to subjection by C. Flaminius
Gaius Flaminius (consul 187 BC)
Gaius Flaminius was Roman consul for 187 BC, together with Marcus Aemilius Lepidus. Flaminius was the son of Gaius Flaminius who was killed in the battle of Lake Trasimene....
in 187 BCE. (Liv.
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...
xxxix. 2.)