Manius Manilius was a Roman jurist and orator of the Republican period who flourished between about 155 and 149 BC. He served as consul in 149 BC and earlier as proconsul of Hispania Ulterior in 155 BC, building a long military and political career alongside his legal work. He authored a collection of standard formulae for contracts of sale, and later classical authors including Varro, Cicero and Brutus cited his legal writings. Cicero, in De Oratore, named him among a small group of jurists whose broad education and old-fashioned generosity in sharing legal knowledge exemplified the ideal orator, and later tradition credited him together with Publius Mucius Scaevola and Marcus Junius Brutus as one of the three founders of the science of Roman civil law.
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RoleRoman Republican orator and distinguished jurist 1 Nationality / Jurisdiction Classification
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It is unclear if he was related to the Manius Manilius who was degraded by Cato the Censor for embracing his wife in broad daylight in Cato's censorship from 184 BC to 182 BC.
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Manius Manilius was a Roman jurist and orator of the Republican period who flourished between about 155 and 149 BC.
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Manius Manilius was a Roman Republican orator and distinguished jurist who also had a long military career.
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Cicero, in De Oratore, named him among a small group of jurists whose broad education and old-fashioned generosity in sharing legal knowledge exemplified the ideal orator, and later tradition credited him together with Publius Mucius Scaevola and Marcus Junius Brutus as one of the three founders of the science of Roman civil law.
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was a Roman Republican orator and distinguished jur
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P19 (place of birth): Ancient Rome
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