The form Mallius is fully attested above. On the fragment of Fast. Cap. which preserved his filiation, see 107, Consuls, and note 1. Cichorius (RS 125-130) suggests that this novus homo, like Cato, did not use his grandfather's name. See Degrassi 128. (Broughton MRR I)
CIL 1
.2.698; IG 12.3.173- IGRP 4.1028; Fast. Ant., Degrassi 162f. ([- - - - Ruf]us, [Cn. M]alli. Cn. f.); Val. Max. 2.3.2; Obseq. 42; Eutrop. 5.1.1; Chr. 354 (Rufo et Maximo); Fast. Hyd. (Rufo et Mallio), so also Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; Ennod. Pan. Theod. p. 284 Hartel; and on Mallius, Cic. Mur. 36; Planc. 12; Liv. Per. 67; Tac. Germ. 37; Oros. 5.16.1; and see Fast. Cap., Degrassi 54f. ([Cn. Malliu]s Cn. f. M[aximus]), 128, 476f. Mallius and the Proconsul Servilius Caepio failed to cooperate in Gaul against the Cimbri and the Teutoni, and both suffered disasters, in the course of which Mallius lost his two sons, a Legate, and most of his army (Liv. Per. 67; Flor. 1.38.4; Gran. Lic. 17 B; Dio 27, fr. 91.1-4; Eutrop. 5.1.1; Oros. 5.16.1-7, quoting Antias fr. 63 Peter; cf. Sall. Iug. 114.1; Vell. 2.12.2; Tac. Germ. 37; Plut. Mar. 19.2; Luc. 27.7; Sert. 3.1; Veget. RM 3.10; Ps.-Quintil. Decl. 3.13), and was himself condemned and exiled in 103 (Cic. De Or. 2.125; Gran. Lic. 21 B; see 103, Tribunes of the Plebs). Rutilius meantime had charge in Rome and Italy (IG 12.3.173), and after the disasters in Gaul carried emergency measures binding all ablebodied men throughout Italy by oath (Gran. Lic. 21 B), raised new legions (Frontin. Str. 4.1.12, and 2.2), and gave them special training by masters of gladiators (Val. Max. 2.3.2; cf. Ennod. Pan. Theod.
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p. 284 Hartel). He probably established by law special Military Tribunes appointed by the Consul (Fest. s. v. "Rufuli," 316-317 L; cf. Liv. 7.5.9).
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See Mommsen, Ges. Schr. 7.517f., and the discussion in RE 1 A. 1273. (Broughton MRR I)
Among the names given in this form the evidence for the gentilicium Mallius is sure only for the consul of 105, RE no. 13. The names of the others depend primarily on the forms in Greek inscriptions, in which Dittenberger in 1871 (Hermes 6, 153, note 3) knew of no occurrence of the form #, or in literary references which render the name Manlius by such forms as #, and #. These should all probably be rendered in Latin as Manlii. (LRT)
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Cos. 105. He is named in inscriptions relating to the building of a theater at Capua (AEpig. 1958, no. 267-ILLRP 712; cf. 518).
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