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Manius (abbreviated M'.) is a Roman praenomen
Praenomen

In Roman naming conventions, the praenomen was the only name in which parents had some choice, roughly equivalent to the given name of today....
. It was derived probably from Latin word "mane" (morning) and means "born in the morning" or "born in february". This praenomen wasn't commonly used.

Some notable Romans using this praenomen include:






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Manius (abbreviated M'.) is a Roman praenomen
Praenomen

In Roman naming conventions, the praenomen was the only name in which parents had some choice, roughly equivalent to the given name of today....
. It was derived probably from Latin word "mane" (morning) and means "born in the morning" or "born in february". This praenomen wasn't commonly used.

Some notable Romans using this praenomen include:
  • Manius Acilius Glabrio (consul 191 BC)
    Manius Acilius Glabrio (consul 191 BC)

    Manius Acilius Glabrio was a Roman Republic consul, general, and member of a plebeian family.Glabrio became consul in 191 BC, defeated Antiochus the Great of Syria at the Battle of Thermopylae , and compelled him to leave Greece....
    , consul in 191 BC
  • Manius Acilius Glabrio
    Manius Acilius Glabrio

    Manius Acilius Glabrio, Roman Empire statesman and general, grandson of the famous jurist P. Mucius Scaevola.When praetor urbanus he presided at the trial of Verres....
    , consul in 67 BC
  • Manius Acilius Glabrio (consul 91)
    Manius Acilius Glabrio (consul 91)

    Manius Acilius Glabrio was the name of a Roman Empire consul in 91, conjointly with Trajan, who was afterwards emperor. As he was of great strength and activity, he was commanded by Domitian to descend into the arena and fight a huge lion....
    , consul in 91
  • Manius Curius Dentatus, consul multiple times in the 3rd century BC
  • Manius Valerius Maximus Corvinus Messalla
    Manius Valerius Maximus Corvinus Messalla

    Manius Valerius Maximus Corvinus Messalla was Roman Republic consul in 263 BC. In this year, with his colleague Manius Otacilius Crassus, he gained a brilliant victory over the Carthage and Syracuse, Italy: more than sixty of the Sicily towns acknowledged the supremacy of Rome, and the consuls concluded a peace treaty with Hiero II of Syracu...
    , consul in 263 BC