institution
gens Manlia
the Manlian clan
also: gens Manlia, Manlian gens, Manlii
The patrician clan of the Manlii. After the treason of M. Manlius Capitolinus the gens decreed that no patrician Manlius should ever again bear the name Marcus; Cicero cites this in Philippic 1 as a precedent for abolishing the name of dictator.
Reading notes
- First Philippic §32 Manlian clan
After the treason of Marcus Manlius Capitolinus the gens Manlia forbade any patrician Manlius to bear the name Marcus; Cicero offers this as the precedent for abolishing the very name of dictator.