Lucius Pinarius Mamercinus was a

consular tribune A consular tribune was putatively a type of magistrate in the early Roman Republic. According to Roman tradition, colleges of consular tribunes held office throughout the fifth and fourth centuries BC during the so-called "Conflict of the Or ...

of the

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in 432 BC.

Background

Pinarius belonged to the ancient patrician Pinaria gens which would fall into obscurity in the middle of the 4th century BC. Pinarius was the son of Lucius Pinarius Mamercinus Rufus,

consul Consul (abbrev. ''cos.''; Latin plural ''consules'') was the title of one of the two chief magistrates of the Roman Republic, and subsequently also an important title under the Roman Empire. The title was used in other European city-states throug ...

in 472 BC and grandson of Publius Pinarius Mamercinus Rufus, consul in 489 BC. He might have had a brother named Publius Pinarius, censor in 430 BC. Pinarius was the last known member of the Pinarii Mamercini and it is unknown of his relationship to later Pinarii, such as

Lucius Pinarius Natta Lucius ( el, Λούκιος ''Loukios''; ett, Luvcie) is a male given name derived from ''Lucius'' (abbreviated ''L.''), one of the small group of common Latin forenames (''praenomina'') found in the culture of ancient Rome. Lucius derives from L ...

, praetor in 349 BC.

Career

Pinarius was elected consular tribune in 432 BC together with Lucius Furius Medullinus and

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. While previous years and the following year contained several important events and wars with the Aequi, Volsci,

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and

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, Livy and other ancient authors mentions nothing of the events in 432 BC and of the actions of the consular tribunes. Pinarius, or possibly an otherwise unattested brother named Publius, was elected as censor in 430 BC together with a Lucius Pinarius (probably Lucius Papirius Crassus, consul in 436 BC). The censors levied heavy fines which resulted in the enactment of new laws which allowed for the payment of fines with

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instead of livestock.Broughton, vol i, pp.64-65

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pinarius Mamercinus, Lucius Roman consular tribunes 5th-century BC Romans Pinarii

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