The conversation between Caesar and Hortensius continuesAs they continued to travel across Romagna, Caesar told Hortensius: "You should know that what Pompey is doing with us now, Gaius Flaminius had also been deployed to the Puniceus Rubicon in defense formation when he was waiting for Hannibal's descent."
"And how did it end between Flaminius and Hannibal?" asked Hortensius.
"It ended badly. The tribune Flaminius was good as a builder and politician, but he was a little less so as a soldier. He first built the Via Flaminia and then, using the same military engineers, he made a splendid defensive line against Hannibal. But he made a careless strategic error and none of it ended well," said Caesar
"What mistake did he make?"
"When some of Hannibal's units arrived in advance in front of
