Gens:

MAELIUS

Created:

17th October 2013

Update:

1st November 2017

Status Republic:

Patrician:

Pleb. Nobilis:

X

Senatorial:

Eques Romanus:

Local magistrates

Republican Family / Cognomen

Patrician

n/a

Pleb. Nobilis

Capitolinus

Senatorial

n/a

Equestrian

n/a

Local magistrat.

n/a

Uncertain

n/a

Imperial Family / Cognomen

Imperators

n/a

Consular

n/a

Senatorial

n/a

Equestrian

n/a

Local magistrat.

n/a

Uncertain

Severus

Republican Consuls, Tribunes with consular power, Dictators, Magister Equitum, Censors

1

Imperial Consuls and Emperors (Augusti and Caesars)

n/a

incl. 0 emperors

Notes:

Very rare gens.

Much has been written on the activities of Sp. Maelius RE2 and his fate. A recent article by Roller is mentioned below.

Literature

Beigel, Thorsten: "Die Alimentarinschrift von Veleia", dissertation at Philosophischen Fakultät der Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, 2015

p.117-120 on L. Maelius Severus, wealthy landowner at Veleia.

Münzer: Roman Aristocratic Parties (1920, 1999) p.207 on Q. Maelius RE1

Roller, Matthew B.: "Demolished Houses, Monumentality, and Memory in Roman Culture", in Classical Antiquity, Vol. 29, 2010, pp.117-180

Changes

01.11.2017 New header, literature added plus minor updates incl adding L. Maelius Severus.

C. Maelius

RE2

RE3

Sp. Maelius (C.f.)

Sp. Maelius

eques

tr pl 436 to avenge demagogue

Plebeian demagogue 440-439

probably unhistorical

† 439 exc for aiming at kingship,

or could be his son

hoped for a consulship

RE4

P. Maelius Sp.f.C.n. Capitolinus

tr cos 400 396

cognomen from his fathers residence on Capitol hill

RE1

Q. Maelius

tr pl 320

handed over to Samnites

REPUBLIC

IMPERIAL

CIL11-1147

L. Maelius Severus

landowner valued at 420.000 HS at Veleia in Regio VIII Aemilia.

c.103/113 AD

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