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Allori's Titus Quinctius Flamininus's Speech before the Achaeans is located on the long wall containing Andrea del Sarto's Triumph of Caesar. Allori placed the event in a large columned hall that opens up onto a landscape.
Titus Quinctius Flamininus (c. 229 BC-c. 174 BC) was a Roman politician and general instrumental in the Roman conquest of Greece. This historical scene shows us Titus Quinctius Flamininus, the victor at Cynoscephalae at a meeting with the Achaeans in Aigon in 192 BC, where he so convinced the Achaeans with his speech that they decided to consider the enemies of Rome as their own enemies as well and declare war against them. This is an analogy to Lorenzo de' Medici's appearance at the Congress of Cremona in February 1483, where he once again demonstrated his powers of persuasion on the stated fighting Venice in the Ferrarese War (1482–84).
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