Gaius Maenius

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Gaius Maenius, Roman statesman and general.

Having completed (when consul in 338 BC) the subjugation of Latium, which with Campania had revolted against Rome, he was honored by a triumph, and a column was erected to him in the Forum. When censor in 318 BC, in order that the spectators might have more room for seeing the games that were celebrated in the Forum, he provided the buildings in the neighborhood with balconies, which were called after him maeniana.

Ancient sources: Festus, under Maeniana; Livy viii.13, ix.34; Pliny, Nat. Hist. xxxiv.II (5).

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