Titus Menenius Lanatus (consul 452 BC)
Titus Menenius Lanatus | |
|---|---|
| Consul of the Roman Republic | |
| In office 1 August 452 BC [1] – 31 July 451 BC Serving with Publius Sestius Capitolinus Vaticanus | |
| Preceded by | Spurius Furius Medullinus Fusus (consul 464 BC),Publius Curiatius Fistus Trigeminus |
| Succeeded by | Appius Claudius Crassus,Titus Genucius Augurinus |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Unknown Ancient Rome |
| Died | Unknown Ancient Rome |
Titus Menenius Lanatus was a Roman politician in the 5th century BC, consul in 452 BC.
Consulship
In 452 BC, he was consul with Publius Sestius Capitolinus Vaticanus.[2][3] 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 Titus Menenius, who pondered the question before falling ill - then was rendered inactive until the end of his term as consul.[3] Publius Sestius refused to take sole initiative in creating the commission, and so deferred the decision to the following year.[4]
References
- ^ Robert Maxwell Ogilvie, Commentary on Livy, books 1–5, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1965, pp. 404, 405.
- ^ Livy, Ab urbe condita, III. 32
- ^ a b Broughton 1951, p. 44.
- ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities, X. 54