Titus Menenius Lanatus (consul 452 BC)
Titus Menenius Lanatus (fl. c. 452 BC) was a Roman senator during the 5th century BC. He served as consul in 452 BC.
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Nationality | Roman |
Office | Consul (452 BC) |
Children | Agrippa Menenius Lanatus |
Consulship
In 452 BC, he was consul with Publius Sestius Capitolinus Vaticanus.[1][2] During their consulship, the delegates left to study Greek law in Athens. After returning to Rome, the tribunes of the plebs called together officials to create a commission to write the law down. Publius Sestius supported this proposition, contrary to Titus Menenius, who pondered the question before falling ill; then he was rendered inactive until the end of his term as consul.[2] Publius Sestius refused to take the initiative on his own in creating the commission. So he deferred the decision to the following year.[3]
Titus Menenius was the father of Agrippa Menenius Lanatus, consul in 439 BC.
References
- Livy, Ab urbe condita, III. 32
- Broughton, T. Robert S. (1951), "The Magistrates of the Roman Republic", Philological Monographs, number XV, volume I, New York: The American Philological Association, vol. I, 509 B.C. - 100 B.C., p. 44
- Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities, X. 54