Talk:Gnaeus Mallius Maximus

Manlia
Stop changing to gens Manlia or provide definate proof. The fasti consulares all list him as Mallius not Manlius. In fact, if he were a member of the gens Manlia, he would not be a novus homo as the Manlian family already were consular for hundreds of years. fdewaele 27 july 2006, 14:00

Did he or did he not die at the battle of Arausio?
It says in this stub he returned to Rome from the Battle of Arausio and yet in the article for Cimbrian War http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimbrian_War it says he died there. Which is true?

Also does anyone have any good references apart from Wikipedia for this battle? --Pzyktzle 21 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Maximus survived the battle. He was homo novus and consul in b.c. 105, when he carried his election against Q» Lutatius Catulus Caesar. Cicero represents Mallius as an utterly worthless man. (Pro Plane* 5, pro Muraen. 36.) Mallius obtained Transalpine Gaul for his province, and, principally through dissensions with his colleague, the proconsul Q. Servilius Caepio they were utterly defeated by the Cimbri. His two sons perished in the action, and on his return to Rome he was impeached, and defended by M. Antonius Orator (grandfather of Mark Antony). (Sall. B. J. 114 ; Liv. Epit. 67 ; Cic. de Orat. 28.) -- fdewaele, 21 February 2008, 13:08.


 * Thank you. What were Maximus's sons names? Also I am unsure of what your references mean. Pro Plane* 5, pro Muraen. 36. is a book? Sall. B. J. 114 ; Liv. Epit. 67 ; Cic. de Orat. 28 : are these all books I must find in libraries and if so could you not abbreviate their names? Better yet would be online references. Thank you so much for your answer, you seem very knowledgable on the subject. --Pzyktzle, 22 February 2008


 * Sall. B. J. = Sallustius, Bellum Iugurthinum (book)
 * Cic. de Orat. = Cicero, de Oratione (book)
 * Liv. Epit. = Livius, Epitomae Livianae (book)
 * Pro Plane and Pro Murena are defenses Cicero did as an advocate. He used to publish his best speeches.
 * fdewaele, 22 February 2008, 8:45 (CET).


 * Thanks very much. I will try to find these books where I am in Brisbane Australia. --Pzyktzle, 22 February 2008

Maximus's sons
Does history record the names of Maximus's sons? [The (two?) who died in the battel of Arausio] -- Pzyktzle 04:31, 25 February 2008 (UTC)