ProQuest Dissertations - Historia Antigua

consulship was uneventful, as a proconsul in Liguria in 180 with Cornelius Cethegus, heconquered the Apuani and deported them to the ager Taurasinus, just west of Apulia,where they formed two communities: the Ligures Baebiani and the Ligures Corneliani. 11Thus, it is clear that the Baebii formed a connection with the region of Apulia in the 190sand 180s, if one did not exist before.Other examples of magistrates colonizing in the area where they had beenstationed include C. Terentius Varro, who had escaped with his troops to Venusia afterthe battle of Cannae (216), 1H and who later led a supplement of colonists to that town in200. M. Tuccius held the province of Apulia and Bruttium as praetor in 190; he wenton to settle the supplement of Sipontum and Buxentum in 186. L. Valerius Flaccus (cos.195) served in Cisalpine Gaul, where Livy reports he was successful against the Boii andspent the rest of the summer rebuilding sections of Placentia and Cremona destroyed in110the war. 113Then, from 190 to 189, the patrician L. Valerius Flaccus led a supplementarycontingent of colonists to the two old colonies and established Bononia with the help of aplebeian, L. Valerius Tappo. 114Finally, T. Quinctius Flamininus provides an example ofrepetitive colonization of Samnium and Apulia. He was on the board of decemviri toCassola (1962), pp. 18 and 397, although Cassola reminds us that the alliance between these two men doesnot indicate anything about the alignment of Q. Baebius (tr. pi. 200).110 Livy 40.37.8-38.9 and Plin. HN3A05. Salmon (1967), p. 311 and n. 1 (the remains of the urban centerof the Ligures Baebiani can be seen in the woods c. 2 miles from the modern town of Circello) and Map 4on p. 342.111 Livy 22.49, 22.54, 23.5, and 25.6. MRR 1.247.112 Livy 37.2.6; MRR 1.356.113 Livy 34.22.1-3. Cf. Scullard (1951), p. 115 n. 5 with reservations about Valerius Flaccus' successes.114 Livy 37.46.9-47.2, 57.7-8.82