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CAPITOLINUS.
31, 47, vi. 5, 11, 14-20; Cic. de Re Publ. ii. 27,
Philipp. i. 13, ii. 44; Gell. xvii. 21; Dion Cass.
Frag. 31, p. 15, ed. Reimar, xlv. 32; Aurel. Vict.
de Vir. Ill. 24.)
5. A. MANLIUS A. F. A. N. CAPITOLINUS, four
times consular tribune, in B. c. 389, 385, 383, and
370. In his first tribuneship Rome was attacked
by several enemies at once, and A. Manlius obtained the command of one of the three armies
then raised for guarding the city. In the second
tribuneship he persuaded the senate to appoint a
dictator to carry on the war against the Volscians,
Latins, and Hernicans. (Liv. vi. 1, 11, 21, 36.)
6. C. MANLIUS CAPITOLINUS, consular tribune
in B. c, 385. (Liv. vi. 30.)
7. P. IMANLIUS A. F. A. N. CAPITOLINUS, consular tribune in B. C. 379. He was created dictator in B. c. 368, as the successor of M. Furius
Camillus, for the purpose of restoring peace between the two orders, and during his government
the Licinian laws were carried. In the year following he was elected consular tribune a second
time. (Liv. vi. 30, 38, &c.; Plut. Camill. 39, 42.)
8. L. MANLIUS A. F. A. N. CAPITOLINUS IMPERIOSUS, was dictator in B. c. 363 clavi figendi
causa. (Liv. vii. 3.)
9. CN. MANLIUS L. F. A. N. CAPITOLINUS IMPERIOSus, was consul in B. c. 359 with M. Popillius Laenas, and carried on a war with the Tiburtines. Two years later, B. c. 357, he was again
called to the consulship, during which he had to
carry on a war against the Faliscans and Tarquinienses. In B. c. 351 he was censor with C.
Marcius Rutilus, and during the war with the
Auruncans in 345, he was magister equitum to
the dictator L. Furius Camillus. (Liv. vii. 12,
16, 22, 28.) [L. S.]
CAPITOLI'NUS, PETI'LLIUS, was according to the Scholiast on Horace (Sat. i. 4. 94) entrusted with the care of the temple of Jupiter on
the Capitol, and was accused of having stolen the
crown of Jupiter, but was acquitted by the judges
in consequence of his being a friend of Augustus.
The Scholiast states that Petillius received the
surname of Capitolinus from his being placed over
the Capitol; but whether this be so, or whether it
was a regular family-name of the gens, so much is
certain, that the annexed coin of the gens refers to
the connexion of one of the Petilliiwith the temple
of Jupiter Capitolinus, for the obverse represents
the head of Jupiter, and the reverse the temple.
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CAPITOLI'NUS, QUI'NCTIUS. 1. T.
QUINCTIUS CAPITOLINUS BARBATUS, was consul
in B. c. 471 with App. Claudius Sabinus Regillensis. During the disputes about the Publilian
law, he opposed his colleague and conciliated the
plebeians, and the law was carried. He then conducted the war against the Aequians, and his
great popularity with the soldiers enabled him to
conquer the enemy, who did not venture to meet
the Romans, but allowed them to ravage the coun

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try. The immense booty acquired in this campaign
was all distributed among the soldiers. He obtained the consulship a second time in B. c. 468,
during which year he again carried on a war against
the Volscians and Aequians, and by his presence of
mind saved the Roman camp, which was attacked
by the enemy during the night. After this war
he was honoured with a triumph. In B. c. 365 he
was made consul a third time. The war against
the Aequians and Volscians was still continued, and
Capitolinus, who was stationed on mount Algidus
and there heard of the ravaging inroads of the
Aequians in the Roman territory, returned to
Rome and delivered his fellow-citizens from their
terror. The senate proclaimed a justitium, and
the consul again marched out to protect the Roman
frontier; but as he did not meet with the enemy,
who had in the meantime been defeated by his
colleague Q. Fabius, Capitolinus returned to Rome
four days after he had left it. The consulship was
given him for the fourth time in B. c. 446, together
with Agrippa Furius. During the quarrels which
were then going on at Rome between the patricians and plebeians, the Aequians and Volscians
again took up arms, began ravaging Latium, and
advanced up to the very walls of the city. The
people of Rome were too distracted among themselves to take the field against the enemy, but
Capitolinus succeeded in allaying the discontent of
the plebs, and in rousing the nation to defend
itself with all energy. The supreme command of
the Roman army was given him with the consent
of his colleague, and he routed the enemy in a
fierce contest. In B. c. 443 he obtained his fifth
consulship. In this year the censorship was instituted at Rome as an office distinct from the consulship. While his colleague M. Geganius Macerinus was engaged in a war against Ardea, Capitolinus gained equal laurels at home by acting as
mediator between the patricians and plebeians,
with both of whom he had acquired the highest
esteem. The extraordinary wisdom and moderation he had shewn on all occasions, obtained for
him the sixth consulship in B. c. 439, together
with Agrippa Menenius. Rome was at that time
visited by a famine, and when he pointed out the
necessity of appointing a dictator under the circumstances, the dignity was offered him, but he
declined it on account of his advanced age, recommending L. Quinctius Cincinnatus, who was accordingly raised to that dignity. In B. c. 437, he
accompanied the dictator Mam. Aemilius Mamercinus as legate in his campaign against Fidenae,
and a few years later he came forward as a suppliant for the son of the dictator Cincinnatus, who
was tried before the comitia, and the prayer of the
aged Quinctius procured his acquittal. After this
time we hear no more of him. (Liv. ii. 56-60,
64, iii. 2, &c., 66, &c., iv. 8, 10, 13, 17, 41; Dionys.
ix. 43, &c., 57, 61, xi. 63; Zonar. vii. 19.)
2. T. QUINCTIUS CAPITOLINUS BARBATUS, a
son of No. 1, was consul in B. C. 421, together
with N. Fabius Vibulanus. (Liv. iv. 43.)
3. T. QUINCTIUS T. F. T. N. CAPITOLINUS PARBATUS, a son of No. 2, consular tribune in B. c.
405. (Liv. iv. 61; Zonar. vii. 20.)
4. T. QUINCTIUS CAPITOLINUS, consular tribune
in B. c. 385, and magister equitum in the same year
to the dictator Q. Cornelius Cossus. (Liv. vi. 11.)
5. T. QUINCTIUS CINCINNATUS CAPITOLINUS,
consular tribune in B. c. 388. [CINCINNATUS.]