Quintus Manlius
Quintus Manlius was a Roman plebeian who lived in the 1st century BC. Lived in the Roman Republic . The gentile name Manlius was originally the noun of a patrician gens Manlia , which was used in the 1st century BC. BC and had previously passed over to plebeian namesake.
In 77 BC At the time of the Sullan civil war, Quintus Manlius was a member of the college of vigintisexviri , where as triumvir capitalis, along with two other colleagues, he was responsible for the exercise of police justice in Rome . According to a description by Marcus Tullius Cicero , the triumvir had been corruptible in his office. The official is said to have tried a murderer who had confessed to a comprehensive confession and was a Roman citizen or handed over to the praetor for further jurisdiction. However, he stopped the investigation against the alleged instigator who was forcibly brought before him and released him from official custody without any legal consequences after paying a ransom. In 70 BC BC Cicero leads Quintus together with Quintus Cornificius as extremely strict and impartial judges.
Quintus Manlius dressed in 69 BC. The office of a tribune and probably died before the year 66.
Remarks
- ↑ Cicero, Pro A. Cluentio Habito 38 f.
- ↑ Cicero, Reden gegen Verres 1, 30: Q. Manlium, et Q. Cornificium, duos severissimos atque integerrimos iudices.
literature
- Hans Georg Gundel : I Manlius 12. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 3, Stuttgart 1969, Col. 962.
- Jens-Uwe Krause : Criminal history of antiquity. CH Beck, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-406-52240-8 , p. 64.
- Friedrich Münzer : Manlius 34. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XIV, 1, Stuttgart 1928, Sp. 1161.
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| SURNAME | Manlius, Quintus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Tresviri capitalis, tribune of the people |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 66 BC Chr. |