Mancia, Quintus Mucius, unknown, [i, 109].
Mancinus, Gaius Hostilius; in his consulship (137) he was defeated by the Numantines; his delivery to the enemy, [iii, 109].
Manlius; Aulus Manlius Capitolinus, father of Lucius ([q.v.]), [iii, 112].
[Manlius]; Lucius Manlius Capitolinus Imperiosus; named dictator to mark the year (363), he used his office to engage in a war; that he transgressed but a "few days" was due to the intervention of the tribunes, [iii, 112].
[Manlius]; Titus Manlius Imperiosus Torquatus, his son, a famous hero of Roman story; as consul at the time of the battle on the Veseris he executed his own son for disobeying orders, though the disobedience won the spolia opima, [iii, 112].
Marathon, a plain about twenty miles north of Athens where (490) Miltiades and his ten thousand defeated the hosts of Darius, [i, 61].
Marcellus, Marcus Claudius, campaigned against Hannibal in Italy, took Syracuse (212), five times consul, a brave but cruel soldier, over-praised by the Romans, [i, 61].
Marcus; see [Cicero—Marcus Tullius, the son].
Marcius; see [Philippus].
Marius, Gaius (157-87), seven times consul; gained his first consulship dishonourably, [iii, 79], [81]; conquered Jugurtha (107); saved Rome from the invading Cimbri (102) and Teutons (101); a military genius, [i, 76]; cruel and selfish, he flooded the streets of Rome with her best blood in the civil war with Sulla.