Quintus Fulvius Flaccus (consul 179 BC) - Consul and Censor

Consul and Censor

Fulvius was consul in 179; his colleague was L. Manlius Acidinus Fulvianus, his brother by birth. They were assigned the province of Liguria. During this period, many Ligures were being forcibly moved from their land and relocated to central Italy; Fulvius effected the resettlement of a number of Ligurians from the mountains. He also helped block immigrants from Transalpine Gaul from settling in northern Italy. For these activities he was awarded a triumph. He fulfilled a vow for his victories in Spain by building a temple and holding games. His building of the temple was to prove fateful.

Fulvius was censor in 174 BC with A. Postumius Albinus Luscus. They expelled nine members from the senate, including Fulvius's own brother, and downgraded the rank of a number of knights. They named M. Aemilius Lepidus princeps senatus.

The censors also carried out an extensive building program in Rome. Fulvius undertook additional projects in Pisaurum, Fundi, Potentia, and Sinuessa. The Augustan historian Livy says that when Fulvius built his temple to Fortuna Equestris ("Equestrian Luck"), he stripped the marble tiles for it from a temple of Juno Lacinia. The Temple of Fortuna Equestris was dedicated in 173.