Maelius
Maelĭus, a,
- the name of a Roman gens, of which the most celebrated member is Sp. Maelius, who, under suspicion of aiming at kingly power, was slain, at the command of the dictator L. Quinctius Cincinnatus, by the magister equitum C. Servilius Ahala, Liv. 4, 13 sq.; Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3; id. Sen. 16, 56; id. Phil. 2, 44, 114; cf. Aequimaelium.—Hence,
- II Maelĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Maelius, Maelian: caedes, i. e. the murder of Sp. Maelius, Liv. 4, 16.—Subst.: Maelĭāni, ōrum, m., the partisans of Maelius, Maelians, Liv. 4, 14.
Maelius, a, um, Name einer röm. gens, aus der am bekanntesten Sp. Maelius, der, weil er im Verdachte stand, nach der königlichen Gewalt zu streben, getötet wurde, Liv. 4, 13 sq. Cic. de sen. 56. – Dav. Maeliānus, a, um, mälianisch, des Mälius, caedes, Liv.: Plur. subst., Maeliāni, ōrum, m., die Anhänger des Mälius, Liv.
Mælĭus, (11) ĭī, m. , nom dʼune fam. rom. ; nott Spurius Mélius [chevalier romain qui fut tué parce quʼon lʼaccusait dʼaspirer à la royauté] : Liv. 4, 13 ; Cic. Cat. 1, 3 ; CM 56 ; Rep. 2, 49 || autres : Liv. 5, 12 ; 9, 8.
Maelius , Spurius
The richest of the plebeian knights, who employed his fortune in buying up corn in Etruria in the great famine at Rome in B.C. 439. This corn he sold to the poor at a small price, or distributed it gratuitously. The patricians accused him of aiming at the kingly power, and appointed L. Quinctius Cincinnatus, then eighty years of age, as dictator. C. Servilius Ahala, the master of the horse, summoned Maelius to appear before the tribunal of the dictator; but as he refused to go, Ahala rushed into the crowd and slew him. His property was confiscated and his house pulled down; its vacant site, which was called the Aequimaelium, continued to subsequent ages a memorial of his fate. See Mommsen, Hist. of Rome, i. p. 378.