 Gaius Flaminius was a veteran who had fought in Hispania during the Second Punic War.Because of the events of the previous year some friends told Gaius Flaminius that a great war had flared up in Hispania.He had little confidence in the troops of Sextus Digitus and asked the senate to give him a legion from Rome to supplement the scared remnant of this army in addition to the force he had been allowed to levy.