Manilius
historical figure · 2 works · 4 mentions · 6 anchored passages
Manius Manilius · Spurius
in the texts
On the Commonwealth
Interlocutor who raises the question of Numa's supposed link to Pythagoras
" "Immortal gods," said Manilius, "how great and how inveterate is that error of men!
When Scipio had said this, "Is it true," said Manilius, "Africanus, that it has been handed down to memory that this king Numa was a disciple of Pythagoras himself, or at least a Pythagorean?
"What praise, then, do you leave to the popular commonwealth?
Institutes of Roman Law
Roman jurist quoted (via Varro) defining nexum broadly as everything transacted per aes et libram.
Nexum Manilius scribit omne quod per libram et aes geritur, in quo sint mancipia.