Agrippa Menenius Lanatus (consul 503 BC)
Agrippa Menenius Lanatus | |
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Opiter Verginius Tricostus (consul 502 BC), Spurius Cassius Vecellinus | |
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Born | Unknown Titus Menenius Lanatus, Agrippa Menenius T. f. Agrippae n. Lanatus |
Agrippa Menenius Lanatus (died 493 BC) was a
According to Livy, Menenius was chosen by the
It is not improbable that
One puzzle about Menenius concerns his social status: Was he patrician or plebeian? Livy asserts that he was "an eloquent man and dear to the plebeians as being one of themselves by birth." On the other hand, he was sent to the plebs as a representative of the Senate, and he had held the office of consul. The consulship, according to the traditional historiography, was at this time reserved strictly for patricians. Ancient accounts of early Roman history are compromised by uneven use of sources, the author's bias toward either senatorial or popular interests, and sheer uncertainty. The existence of the "plebeian" and "patrician" social division in the earliest period of Rome's history has been questioned by modern scholars.[8]
Menenius died in 493 BC. Livy records that during his life he had been beloved of both the senate and the plebs (particularly the latter since his involvement in ending their secession). As his estate lacked funds to pay for his funeral, the people contributed to his funeral expenses by way of a levy.[9]
Menenius had a son, named Titus, who would become consul in 477 BC.[10]
Menenius was also a character in
See also
References
- ^ Robert Maxwell Ogilvie, Commentary on Livy, books 1–5, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1965, pp. 404, 405.
- History of Rome, ii. 16.
- ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, Editor.
- ^ Fasti Triumphales
- ^ Broughton, vol I, p. 8. Jerome, Chronicon, ad ann. 504.
- ^ Livy, History of Rome, ii. 32, 33.
- ^ Daniel Lynwood Smith, "Why Paul’s Fabulous Body is Missing its Belly: The Rhetorical Subversion of Menenius Agrippa’s Fable in 1 Corinthians 12–30" (October 2018).
- ^ Survey by A. Drummond, "Rome in the fifth century II," ch. 5, The Cambridge Ancient History, Vol. 7.2, The Rise of Rome.
- ^ Livy. History of Rome.
- ISBN 0-521-23446-8.
- ^ Fiennes, Ralph. "Coriolanus (2011)". IMDb. Retrieved 4 October 2023.