During his consulship, he fought to pacify Ligurian tribesmen who had been raiding northern Italy.
[1][2] The son's political career began in 209, when Flaminius served as quaestor to Scipio Africanus in Spain.
[3][4] As curule aedile in 196, he distributed large quantities of grain amongst the people at a low price.
[5][6] As praetor in 193, Flaminius was given Hispania Citerior as his province, and there carried on a successful war by besieging and capturing the wealthy town of Litabrum, thereby demonstrating his strategic skills.
[7][8][9] During his consulship in 187 BC, Flaminius and his colleague, Lepidus, were given the task of fighting the Friniates and the Apuani, two Ligurian tribes that had been raiding in northern Italy.