129:, which had been vowed two years earlier in response to the plague that was ravaging the city, and which had continued into Mento's consulship. Ordinarily, the two consuls would have drawn lots for the honour of dedicating the temple, but in the absence of Cincinnatus, the duty fell to Mento. Nonetheless, upon the army's return, Cincinnatus lodged a complaint against Mento in the senate; but the senate took no action.
105:
threatening to imprison the consuls if they refused to do so. Even as they complained bitterly about the oppression of the masses compelling the action of the consuls by threat of jail, the consuls preferred to yield to popular demands than to the senate. But they could not agree on a dictator, and
121:
After raising his army, Postumius, together with
Cincinnatus, marched towards the Aequi and Volsci leaving the two Julii behind in charge of Rome's defences. The magister equitum manned the city walls, while Mento oversaw domestic affairs. The fighting at Mount Algidus was fierce; the dictator was
66:, the consul of 447 BC and 435 BC. It is equally possible that Mento was not descended from the Julii Iuli at all, but rather from a more obscure line of the Julii, who by tradition had lived in Rome for a century and a half before the first of them held a
61:
in 438 BC and consul in 430 BC, and
Spurius, whose sons held three tribuneships between 408 BC and 403 BC. Sextus Julius Iulus who was consular tribune in 424 BC might also have been his son. Perhaps less likely, Mento could have been the son of
90:, with some chroniclers reporting that the consuls attempted to dislodge them, but were defeated. Owing to this situation, as well as the unease caused by an ongoing epidemic in Rome, the
324:
78:
Consul in 431 BC with Titus
Quinctius Pennus Cincinnatus, Mento quickly found himself in constant disagreement with his colleague. During their year of office, the
101:
On one thing Mento and
Cincinnatus could agree on was they did not want to appoint a dictator. However, the clamour to do so was widespread, leading to the
405:
429:
375:
411:
361:
111:
58:
54:
397:
63:
50:
45:
has not been preserved, it is not clear how he was related to other members of the Julia gens. He could perhaps have been a son of
384:
335:
329:
300:
126:
367:
107:
42:
23:
356:
319:
312:
122:
wounded in the shoulder, and the consul
Cincinnatus lost an arm; but the Romans won a decisive victory.
46:
102:
158:
307:
115:
67:
106:
so drew lots for the nomination, which fell to
Cincinnatus. He named his father-in-law,
434:
388:
95:
423:
87:
175:
91:
30:
26:
154:
83:
79:
295:
325:
Dictionary of Greek and Roman
Biography and Mythology
234:
Dictionary of Greek and Roman
Biography and Mythology
222:
Dictionary of Greek and Roman
Biography and Mythology
332:, ed., Little, Brown and Company, Boston (1849).
125:While the army was away, Mento dedicated the
8:
217:
215:
213:
211:
162:is not known to have been used by the Julii.
342:, American Philological Association (1952).
201:
199:
197:
195:
193:
191:
345:
16:5th-century BC Roman politician and consul
53:named Gaius, and his known sons included
187:
138:
110:, to be dictator. Postumius then chose
376:Military Tribunes with Consular power
340:The Magistrates of the Roman Republic
7:
362:Spurius Postumius Albus Regillensis
398:Titus Quinctius Poenus Cincinnatus
94:directed the consuls to appoint a
14:
149:Julius Mento, but Diodorus gives
205:Broughton, vol. I, pp. 63, 64.
1:
430:5th-century BC Roman consuls
49:, consul in 473 BC. He had
451:
254:Diodorus Siculus, xii. 65.
402:
382:
353:
348:
368:Lucius Furius Medullinus
357:Lucius Pinarius Mamercus
236:, vol. II, pp. 656, 657.
127:Temple of Apollo Medicus
108:Aulus Postumius Tubertus
86:fortified a position on
406:Lucius Papirius Crassus
336:T. Robert S. Broughton
316:(Library of History).
313:Bibliotheca Historica
103:tribunes of the plebs
47:Vopiscus Julius Iulus
412:Lucius Julius Iulus
224:, vol. II, p. 1044.
112:Lucius Julius Iulus
55:Lucius Julius Iulus
349:Political offices
320:"Mento, C. Julius"
304:(History of Rome).
64:Gaius Julius Iulus
22:, a member of the
20:Gaius Julius Mento
418:
417:
403:Succeeded by
380:
272:Livy, iv. 28, 29.
442:
371:
354:Preceded by
346:
308:Diodorus Siculus
282:
279:
273:
270:
264:
261:
255:
252:
246:
243:
237:
231:
225:
219:
206:
203:
163:
143:
116:magister equitum
68:Roman magistracy
59:consular tribune
450:
449:
445:
444:
443:
441:
440:
439:
420:
419:
414:
409:
394:
392:
370:
365:
360:
301:Ab Urbe Condita
291:
286:
285:
280:
276:
271:
267:
262:
258:
253:
249:
244:
240:
232:
228:
220:
209:
204:
189:
184:
172:
167:
166:
145:Livy calls him
144:
140:
135:
76:
39:
17:
12:
11:
5:
448:
446:
438:
437:
432:
422:
421:
416:
415:
404:
401:
389:Roman Republic
381:
355:
351:
350:
344:
343:
333:
317:
305:
294:Titus Livius (
290:
287:
284:
283:
274:
265:
256:
247:
238:
226:
207:
186:
185:
183:
180:
179:
178:
171:
168:
165:
164:
137:
136:
134:
131:
75:
72:
38:
35:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
447:
436:
433:
431:
428:
427:
425:
413:
407:
400:
399:
391:
390:
386:
379:
378:
377:
369:
363:
358:
352:
347:
341:
337:
334:
331:
330:William Smith
327:
326:
321:
318:
315:
314:
309:
306:
303:
302:
297:
293:
292:
288:
281:Livy, iv. 29.
278:
275:
269:
266:
263:Livy, iv. 27.
260:
257:
251:
248:
245:Livy, iv. 26.
242:
239:
235:
230:
227:
223:
218:
216:
214:
212:
208:
202:
200:
198:
196:
194:
192:
188:
181:
177:
174:
173:
169:
161:
160:
156:
152:
148:
142:
139:
132:
130:
128:
123:
119:
117:
113:
109:
104:
99:
97:
93:
89:
88:Mount Algidus
85:
81:
73:
71:
69:
65:
60:
56:
52:
48:
44:
36:
34:
32:
28:
25:
21:
395:
383:
373:
372:
339:
323:
311:
299:
289:Bibliography
277:
268:
259:
250:
241:
233:
229:
221:
176:Julia (gens)
157:
150:
146:
141:
124:
120:
100:
77:
40:
19:
18:
41:As Mento's
33:in 431 BC.
29:, held the
424:Categories
182:References
114:to be his
57:, who was
31:consulship
27:gens Julia
322:, in the
155:praenomen
133:Footnotes
51:a brother
43:filiation
24:patrician
170:See also
96:dictator
82:and the
387:of the
393:431 BC
385:Consul
159:Gnaeus
153:; the
147:Gnaeus
92:senate
84:Volsci
74:Career
37:Family
435:Julii
396:with
151:Gaius
80:Aequi
410:and
408:II,
366:and
296:Livy
374:as
298:),
426::
364:,
359:,
338:,
328:,
310:,
210:^
190:^
118:.
98:.
70:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.