Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

MANL0500 Cn. Manlius (53) L. f. A. n. Capitolinus Imperiosus

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Status

• Patrician
• Nobilis Expand

  Liv. 9.34.6 (all censors between lex Aemilia and 310 "nobilissimi... viri")

Relationships

son of

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

brother of

T. Manlius (57) L. f. A. n. Imperiosus Torquatus (cos. 347) (RE)

Career

• Consul 359 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • On the name of Popillius, see Act. Tr. on 350; Degrassi 68f., 540. Livy has the nomen Pompilius and Cassiod. Papirius. The text in Diod. is {Gr}. In Chr. 354 the Consuls of 357 have been substituted by mistake. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Liv. 7.12.1; Diod. 16.15.1; Fast. Cap. ([- - - -] Laenas; M.'s name entire); Fast. Hyd. (Lenate); Chr. Pasc. ({Gr}); Cassiod.; Degrassi 34f., 105, 402f. Popillius quelled a popular sedition (Cic. Brut. 56; cf. Liv. 7.12.1-3). On Popillius, see Lübker no. 4. (Broughton MRR I)
• Consul 357 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • Although Manlius has no mark of iteration in our sources, he was almost certainly the Consul of 359. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Liv. 7.16.1; Diod. 16.28.1; Chr. 354 (Rutillo et Capitolino); Fast. Hyd. (Rustico et Capitolino); Chr. Pasc. ({Gr}); Cassiod.; on Marcius, Act. Tr., name entire. See Degrassi 105, 402f. Manlius held command at Falerii, and carried (while in camp at Sutrium) a bill to establish the five per cent tax on manumission (Liv. 7.16; cf. 27.10.11; cf. Cic. Att. 2.16.1). Marcius celebrated a triumph over Privernum (Act. Tr., Degrassi 68f., 540; cf. Dion. Hal. 14.13 [23], a story better referred to 329). The passage of the bill in the camp led to a tribunicial bill to prohibit assemblies away from Rome (Liv. 7.16.8). (Broughton MRR I)
• Interrex 355 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • After long delay two patrician Consuls were elected (Liv. 7.17.10-12, and 18.1). Servilius and M. Fabius were appointed twice (Liv.). (Broughton MRR I)
• Censor 351 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • On the name of Marcius, see Act. Tr. on 357 and 356. On Naevio in the Mss of Livy (7.22.10), see Conway and Walters ad loc. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Marcius, the first plebeian Dictator, was also the first plebeian Censor (Liv. 7.22.6-10; 10.8.8; cf. FGrH 2 B. 1153, no. 255). See Degrassi 105, 404f. (Broughton MRR I)
• Magister Equitum 345 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • Liv. 7.28.2. See Degrassi 106, 406f. (Broughton MRR I)

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