Flaminius

This name derives from the Roman designation “Flaminius (Flāmĭnĭus)” which in turn derives from “flāmĕn,” meaning “priest assigned to the worship of a particular deity.” The gens Flaminia was a plebeian family at Rome. During the first five centuries of Rome, no mention is made of any member of the Flaminia gens. 1) Gaius Flaminius Nepos was a politician and consul of the Roman Republic in the 3rd century BC. He was the most exceptional popular leader to challenge the authority of the Senate before the Gracchi a century later. The Via Flaminia was an ancient Roman road leading from Rome over the Apennine Mountains to Ariminum (Rimini) on the coast of the Adriatic Sea, and due to the ruggedness of the mountains was the first option the Romans had for travel between Etruria, Latium and Campania and the Po Valley. The Catholic Church does not commemorate any saint or blessed with these names, as well as some publications celebrate the feast day on May 2.