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MANL0497 T. Manlius (57) L. f. A. n. Imperiosus Torquatus

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Status

• Patrician
• Nobilis Expand

  Sil. Ital. 11.73-74, Gell. 9.13.cap-1, Eutrop. 2.5, Oros. Adv. Pag. 3.9.1-4

Life Dates

• 380?, birth (Develin 1979) Expand

  Develin no. 7.

Relationships

son of

L. Manlius (54) A. f. A. n. Capitolinus Imperiosus (dict. 363) (RE)

brother of

Cn. Manlius (53) L. f. A. n. Capitolinus Imperiosus (cos. 359) (RE)

father of

T. Manlius (not in RE) Torquatus (son of T. Manlius (57) L. f. A. n. Imperiosus Torquatus (cos. 347)) (RE)

grandfather of

T. Manlius (81) T. f. T. n. Torquatus (cos. 299) (RE)

Career

• Tribunus Militum 361 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • The date of Manlius' exploit is variously given. Claud. Quad. (in Liv. 6.42.5-6) and Zon. (7.24) place it in 367 under the dictatorship of Camillus.{120} Livy in this passage dates it at least 10 years later, i.e. in or after 357, but in 7.9-10 tells it in 361, the year after the incident related to the prosecution of his father, a connection which Cicero (Off. 3.112) also seems to make. Since Licinius Macer states that Quinctius was named Dictator only to hold the elections it is probable that he too dated the exploit later, while Auct. Vir. Ill. 28 placed it in the dictatorship of Sulpicius Peticus in 358. The consulship and the dictatorship of Peticus (361 and 358) may have caused the confusion. Connection with the prosecution of his father and the necessity of finding a year of a Gallic inroad probably determined the date selected here (see Münzer, RE). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Trib. Mil. Auct. Vir. Ill. 28; Zon. 7.24; cf. Liv. 7.10.1-2. On his exploit, by which he won the spoils of a Gaul and the name Torquatus, see Claud. Quad. in Liv. 6.42.5-6 and Gell. 9.13.4-20; Cic. Fin. 1.23 and 34f.; 2.60f. and 72f.; Tusc. 4.49; Off. 3.112; Liv. 7.9.6-10.14, and 26.2; 9.17.12; 24.8.4; Val. Max. 3.2.6; cf. Posidon., in Plut. Mar. 1.1; Ov. Fast. 1.601f.; Plin. NH 33.15; Quintil. Inst. Or. 5.11.10; Suet. Cal. 35.1; Flor. 1.8.20; Eutrop. 2.5.1; Suidas 2.2.1174 B; Ammian. 24.4.5; Ampel. 22.1; Serv. ad Aen. 6.624; Schol. Bob. 82 Stangl; Anth. Pal. 2.302, Riese ; Zon. 7.24; cf. Grueber, CRRBM 2.270; Cesano, Stud. Num. 1.148f. (Broughton MRR I)
• Dictator 353 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • On the name of Manlius, see Act. Tr. on 340. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Made war on Caere, which craved mercy and received a treaty for 100 years (Liv. 7.19.6-20.9; cf. Strabo 5.2.3; Gell. 16.13.7, became "municipes sine suffragii iure"); also ravaged Falerii (Liv. 7.20.9). See Degrassi 105, 404f. (Broughton MRR I)
• Dictator 349 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • On the name of Manlius, see Act. Tr. on 340; on that of Cornelius, ib. on 343. See Degrassi (106) on the word [a]biit in Fast. Cap. after the name of Manlius. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Appointed to hold elections (Liv. 7.26.11-12; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 34f., 106, 406f.). See Tribunes of the Soldiers, on Valerius Corvus. (Broughton MRR I)
• Consul 347 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • As the evidence quoted above shows, it is uncertain whether Venno or Venox is the correct form of Plautius' cognomen. That of the Censor of 312 is clearly given in Fast. Cap. as Venox. See Münzer, APF 36f. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Liv. 7.27.3; Diod. 16.70.1, under 346; Fast. Cap. ([- - - -Impe]rioss. Torquat[us]); Chr. 354 (Venno et Torquato); Fast. Hyd. (Veneco et Torquato); Chr. Pasc. ({Gr}); Cassiod.; Degrassi 34f., 106, 406f. On Plautius, see Lübker no. 18; Münzer APF 36f. (Broughton MRR I)
• Consul 344 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • On the name of Marcius, see Act. Tr. on 357 and 356; on that of Manlius, see Act. Tr. on 340. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Liv. 7.28.6; Diod. 16.74.1; Chr. 354 (Rutillo III et Torquato); Fast. Hyd. (Rutilio et Torquato II), so also Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod., Degrassi 106, 406f. (Broughton MRR I)
• Consul 340 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • On Manlius' name, see Act. Tr. on 340; on Decius' filiation, Fast. Cap. on 312. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Liv. 8.3.5; Diod. 16.89; Val. Max. 1.73; Chr. 354 (Torquato III et Mure); Fast. Hyd. (Torquato III et Musone), so also Chr. Pasc.; and on Decius, Fest. 276 L; Cassiod.; Degrassi 107, 408f. Decius was renowned for devoting himself at Veseris in Campania against the Latins for the success of the armies of his colleague and himself (Liv. 8.6-11; 10.28.15; Accius Decius fr. 10-11 R; Auct. Ad Herenn. 4.57; Cic. Div. 2.136; Fin. 2.61; Tusc. 1.89; ND 3.15, cf. 2.10; Sen. 75; Off. 3.16; Paradox. 1.12; Sest. 48; Rab. Post. 2; Phil. 11.13; 13.27; Val. Max. 1.7.3; 5.6.5; Plin. NH 22.9; 28.12; Frontin. Str. 4.5.15; Iuv. 8.254ff. and School.; Plut. Par. Min. 18; Flor. 1.14.3; Dio fr. 35.7-8; Ampel. 20.6; Auct. Vir. Ill. 26.4f.; 28.4; Zon. 7.26). After the rejection of Latin demands for a consulship and half the places in the Senate Torquatus, with Decius (see above), defeated the Latins at Veseris in Campania, first as an example of discipline putting to death his son, who had disobeyed orders prohibiting single combat; then decisively defeated Latins, Volscians, and Auruncans at Trifanum, made a settlement rewarding loyal Latins and Campanian knights, and celebrated a triumph (Liv. 8.5-12; Act. Tr., Degrassi 68f., 541; Cic. Fin. 1.23 and 34-5; 2.61; Off. 3.112; Sulla 33, and Schol. Bob. ad loc.; Sall. Cat. 52.30; Diod. 16.90.2; Dion. Hal. 8.79.2; 15.4.6; Verg. Aen. 6.824f. and Serv. ad loc.; Val. Max. 1.7.3; 2.7.6; 5.8.3; 6.4.1;{136} 6.9.1; 9.3.4-5; Quintil. Inst. Or. 5.11.7; Frontin. Str. 4.1.40-41; Plut. Fab. 9.2; Par. Min. 12; Flor. 1.14; App. Samn. 3; Gell. 1.13.7; 9.13.20; Dio fr. 35; Ampel. 18.4; Auct. Vir. Ill. 26.4; 28.4; Eutrop. 2.7; Jerome Chr. ad ann. 333, p. 133 Helm; Zon. 7.26). (Broughton MRR I)
• Triumphator 340 (Rich 2014) Expand
  • Triumph de Latineis, Campaneis, Sidicineis, [et] Aurunceis. MRR I.135, Itgenshorst no. 66, Rich no. 66. (Rich 2014)
• Dictator 320 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • Fast. Cap. (T. Manli[us L. f. A. n. Imperio]ss. Torquatus III Di[ct- -]), perhaps to hold elections. See Degrassi 36f., 108, 416f. (Broughton MRR I)

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