Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

MAEN0540 C. Maenius (9) P. f. P. n.

Status

  • Nobilis Expand

    Liv. 9.26.4-21 (volunteers own trial during conspiracy of nobles), 9.34.6 (all censors between lex Aemilia and 310 "nobilissimi... viri")

Career

  • Consul 338 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • On the names, see Act. Tr. Apparently Maenius had no cognomen, and the writing of Nepos in full in Fast. Cap. (cf. 246 on Coruncanius) explains Nepote in Chr. 354. On the Maeniana, see Boethius, Eranos 43 (1945) 89ff. Rotondi (228) would date the Lex Maenia de die instaurationis in this year (Macrob. Sat. 1.11.5). (Broughton MRR I)
    • Liv. 8.13.1; Diod. 17.2.1; Act. Tr.; Chr. 354 (Camello et Nepote); Fast. Hyd. (Camillo et Moenio); Chr. Pasc. ({Gr}); Cassiod., Degrassi 104, 410f. Furius celebrated a triumph over the people of Pedum and Tibur. Livy represents him as the leader in the generous settlement now granted the Latins (Liv. 8.13-14; Act. Tr., Degrassi 68f., 541; Plin. NH 34.23, and Ascon. 14 C, on statues of Camillus; Eutrop. 2.7.3). Maenius celebrated a triumph over Antium, Lavinium and Velitrae (Liv. 8.13.5 and 9; Act. Tr., Degrassi, 68f., 501; Plin. NH 34.20; Eutrop. 2.7.3; cf. Grueber, CRRBM 1.145; Cesano, Stud. Num. 1.149f.). The beaks of the ships he captured at Antium gave their name to the Rostra (Liv. 8.14.12; Plin. NH 34.20; Flor. 1.5.10), a descendant took the cognomen Antias (RE no. 18), while the Columna Maeniana, the balconies called Maeniana, and the Atrium Maenianum preserved the memory of his victory. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Triumphator 338 (Rich 2014) Expand
    • Triumph de Antiatibus, Lavinieis [et] Veliterneis. MRR I.138, Itgenshorst no. 69, Rich no. 69. (Rich 2014)
  • Dictator 320 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • The various names of Consuls, Dictators, and Masters of Horse, are filled out from Fast. Cap. and Act. Tr., Papirius from Fast. Cap. on 315, Publilius, ib. on 315, Maenius and Folius, ib. 314, and Manlius, Act. Tr. on 340. See Degrassi 36f., 68f. On the surrender of persons to the Samnites, see also Cic. Off. 3.109; Sen. 41; Gell. 17.21.36; Flor. 1.16.11; Dio fr. 36.19-21, and Zon. 7.26. On Papirius, see also 326, note 1, and 319, Consuls. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Fast. Cap. (C. Ma[inius- ]), Degrassi 36f., 109, 416f.; cf. Liv. 9.34.14, who states that too severe pressure in a quaestio on influential persons led to his abdication (but compare 9.27.6, on his dictatorship in 314). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Censor 318 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • The relation of these Censors, who are not named in Livy, to those of the previous year (also not named in Livy) is not stated. Livy however mentions the population registered by the Censors of this time, and the two new tribes. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Fast. Cap.; Fest. 120 L; Isid. Etym. 15.3.11; cf. Liv. 9.19.1-3, and 20.6. Maenius built the overhanging galleries known by his name (Fest.). See Degrassi 36f., 109, 416f.; on Papirius, Degrassi 108, on 330; and on the Maeniana, Boethius, Eranos 43 (1945) 89ff.; Lehman, AJPh 59 (1938) 280ff. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Dictator 314 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Liv. 9.26.7; Fast. Cap. (rei gerundae causa); Degrassi 36f., 110, 418f. Appointed to investigate conspiracies in Campania (an open outbreak, Diod. 19.76.3-5), he then turned to investigate secret combinations for gaining office in Rome (Liv. 9.26.8-22). (Broughton MRR I)

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