Titus Manlius T.f. Torquatus (died 299 BC) was a
patrician Roman Republican
consul for 299 BC, elected along with a
plebe
In ancient Rome, the plebeians (also called plebs) were the general body of free Roman citizens who were not patricians, as determined by the census, or in other words "commoners". Both classes were hereditary.
Etymology
The precise origins of ...
ian co-consul
Marcus Fulvius Cn.f. Paetinus.
Family background
The
Manlii
The gens Manlia () was one of the oldest and noblest patrician houses at Rome, from the earliest days of the Republic until imperial times. The first of the gens to obtain the consulship was Gnaeus Manlius Cincinnatus, consul in 480 BC, and for ...
were one of the oldest and most distinguished patrician gens in the Roman Republic. One
Gnaeus Manlius Cincinnatus had been chosen consul in 480 BC, four years after the first Fabius had become consul. Prominent consuls in the family included the early 4th century consul
Marcus Manlius T.f. Capitolinus (whose career was marked by his ''gens'' banning the use of the ''praenomen'' ''Marcus'' thereafter), and the 4th century consul
Titus Manlius L.f. Imperiosus Torquatus. Titus was descended from this last consul, notable not only for his military successes but also for executing his own son for an impetuous breach of military discipline. It is not clear if the consuls
Aulus Manlius Torquatus Atticus, consul in 244 BC and 241 BC, and
Titus Manlius Torquatus, consul in 235 BC and 224 BC and censor 231 BC, were his sons or other relatives.
Death
According to
Livy, Titus Manlius died of a fall from his horse, while preparing his troops to march into
Etruria
Etruria () was a region of Central Italy, located in an area that covered part of what are now most of Tuscany, northern Lazio, and northern and western Umbria.
Etruscan Etruria
The ancient people of Etruria
are identified as Etruscan civiliza ...
: The province of Etruria fell by lot to the consul Titus Manlius; who, when he had but just entered the enemy's country, as he was exercising the cavalry, in wheeling about at full speed, was thrown from his horse, and almost killed on the spot; three days after the fall, he died. (
Livy V:11)
Some historians such as Julie Andrew and E. T. Salmon have questioned the
historicity of the event, and argue that Manlius may have simply died fighting the Gauls and
Etruscans in the area.
See also
*
List of Roman consuls
References
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Ancient Roman generals
Titus
3rd-century BC Roman consuls
299 BC deaths
Year of birth unknown
Deaths by horse-riding accident in Italy
Ancient Roman patricians