Aulus Manlius Torquatus (Consul 164 BC)

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Aulus Manlius Torquatus was an in the first half of the 2nd century BC. Living politician of the Roman Republic and 164 BC. Chr. Consul .

Life

Aulus Manlius Torquatus came from the Roman patrician family of the Manlier . According to the Fasti Capitolini's testimony , his father also used the prenomen Aulus and his grandfather the prenomen Titus . Accordingly, he is likely to be a grandson of the consul from 235 BC BC and 224 BC BC, Titus Manlius Torquatus , while nothing more is known of his eponymous father Aulus Manlius Torquatus .

The first known office of Aulus Manlius Torquatus' cursus honorum is his praetur , which he gave in 167 BC. Exercised. In this role he was supposed to administer Sardinia . However, he could not go to his province as he had instead been ordered to investigate capital crimes under the direction of the Senate . After his brother Titus in 165 BC. Had held the consulate, Aulus Manlius Torquatus came in the following year 164 BC. BC also to this highest state office. His fellow consul was Quintus Cassius Longinus , who lived in 167 BC. Had been city praetor.

Aulus Manlius Torquatus is probably identical to that Aulus Manlius A. f. , which dates back to around 159 BC. BC Senate resolution on Tibur is cited as the first documentary witness. Furthermore, in the opinion of the ancient historian Friedrich Münzer, he is probably also the consular Aulus Manlius Torquatus mentioned by Pliny the Elder , who passed away unexpectedly during dinner.

literature

Remarks

  1. ↑ Livy 45, 16, 4.
  2. ↑ Fasti Capitolini ad annum 164 BC Chr .; among others
  3. ↑ CIL 14, 3584 = Hermann Dessau , Inscriptiones Latinae selectae 19.
  4. ↑ Pliny, Naturalis historia 7, 183; on this Friedrich Münzer: Manlius 73). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XIV, 1, Stuttgart 1928, Sp. 1193.
personal data
SURNAME Manlius torquatus, Aulus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Torquatus, Aulus Manlius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman consul 164 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 2nd century BC Chr.