HOST1569 C. Hostilius (18) A. f. L. n. Mancinus

Status

  • Nobilis Expand

    Cic. De Orat. 1.40.181

Life Dates

  • 136, extradited (DPRR Team) Expand

    Cic. De Orat. 1.40.181, 2.32.137, Cic. Topic. 8.37, Cic. Off. 3.30.109, Vell. 2.1.4-5, 2.90.3, Flor. 1.34(18).7, App. Ib. 13.83, Dio 23.79.3 (to Numantina, refused and returned by Numantines).

Relationships

son of
? A. Hostilius (16) L. f. A. n. Mancinus (cos. 170) (Zmeskal 2009)
brother of
? A. Hostilius (17) Mancinus (aed. cur.? 151) (DPRR Team)

Career

  • Praetor before 139 Rome, urbanus (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • The latest possible date for his praetorship under the Lex Villia. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Cos. 137. Pr. by 140. See MRR 1.480. Mancinus presided, almost certainly as praetor urbanus in the absence of the consuls, over the Senate at the passage of the SC de Narthaciensibus et Melitaensibus (SIG(3) 674; Sherk, RDGE 49-53, no. 9). Dittenberger dated this before 147 because Thessaly was not at the time of the decree under a provincial regime, which presumably began in 146. In IG 9.2, p. xxiv, however, the Thessalian officials named in the decree are dated toward 140, even though the inscription itself (no. 89) is dated before 146. Stahelin pointed out that the names of the officials make the later date mandatory (Philologus 88, 1933, 130-132, and RE s. v. Narthakion; cf. also G. Daux, BCH 57, 1933, 57), while S. Accame has shown that this part of Greece remained independent and the settlement of Flamininus remained valid in Thessaly after 146 (Dominio Romano 15, 217-225). Mancinus' praetorship; therefore, need not precede 146, and should probably be placed ca. 140 at the regular interval before his consulship in 137. See Sherk, RDGE no. 9, pp. 49-53. Consul 137. See MRR 1.484, 486, on Scaevola, and 487, on Rutilius: according to Pomponius in Digest 50.7.18 (cf. Auct. Vir. Ill. 59) his citizenship was restored later by a special law and he was elected to the praetorship.[103x] (Broughton MRR III)
    • p. 741 (Brennan 2000)
  • Consul 137 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Cic. Brut. 106; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 52f., 125, 468f. ([C. Ho]stilius A. f. L. n. Manci[nus]); Fast. Ant., ib. 160f. (M. A[i]mili. Lepid., [C. H]ostili. Man[- - - -]); Liv. Oxy. Per. 55; App. Ib. 80; Obseq. 24; Oros. 5.4.19; Chr. 354 (Porcina et Mancino); Fast. Hyd. (Lepido Porcina et Mancino); Chr. Pasc. ({Gr}); Cassiod.; and on Porcina, Diod. 33.28; Cic. Brut. 97. Mancinus in Hither Spain was defeated and trapped by the Numantines, and saved his army by surrendering and signing a treaty of peace. This the Senate refused to ratify, but replaced him by his colleague and voted (see 136) to surrender him to the Numantines (Cic. Har. Resp. 43; Caec. 98; Rep. 3.28; De Or. 1.181, and 238; 2.137; Off. 3.109; Liv. Per. 55; Val. Max. 1.6.7; 2.7.1; Vell. 2.1.5, 2.1, and 90.3; Quintil. Inst. Or. 7.4.12-13; Plut. TG 5-7; App. Ib. 79-80; Flor. 1.34.5-7; Obseq. 24; Eutrop. 4.17; Oros. 5.4.19-5.11; Mart. Cap. 5.456; Schulten, Gesch. Numantia 75-78). Lepidus opposed the ballot law of Cassius Ravilla (Cic. Brut. 97; see Tribunes of the Plebs), and was sent to Spain to replace Mancinus. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Cos. 137. Pr. by 140. See MRR 1.480. Mancinus presided, almost certainly as praetor urbanus in the absence of the consuls, over the Senate at the passage of the SC de Narthaciensibus et Melitaensibus (SIG(3) 674; Sherk, RDGE 49-53, no. 9). Dittenberger dated this before 147 because Thessaly was not at the time of the decree under a provincial regime, which presumably began in 146. In IG 9.2, p. xxiv, however, the Thessalian officials named in the decree are dated toward 140, even though the inscription itself (no. 89) is dated before 146. Stahelin pointed out that the names of the officials make the later date mandatory (Philologus 88, 1933, 130-132, and RE s. v. Narthakion; cf. also G. Daux, BCH 57, 1933, 57), while S. Accame has shown that this part of Greece remained independent and the settlement of Flamininus remained valid in Thessaly after 146 (Dominio Romano 15, 217-225). Mancinus' praetorship; therefore, need not precede 146, and should probably be placed ca. 140 at the regular interval before his consulship in 137. See Sherk, RDGE no. 9, pp. 49-53. Consul 137. See MRR 1.484, 486, on Scaevola, and 487, on Rutilius: according to Pomponius in Digest 50.7.18 (cf. Auct. Vir. Ill. 59) his citizenship was restored later by a special law and he was elected to the praetorship.[103x] (Broughton MRR III)
  • Praetor c. 134 (Brennan 2000) Expand
    • His second praetorship. p. 741, footnote 151 (Brennan 2000)