Atilius

Ătīlĭus, a, um, adj.

• A Roman gentile name, e. g. M. Atilius Regulus, Atilius Rufus, Atilius Verus, etc.—
• II Derivv.
• • A Atilia lex de dediticiis, introduced by the tribune of the people L. Atilius, A. U. C. 544, Liv. 26, 33 and 34.—
  • B Ătīlĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Atilius, Atilian: praedia, Cic. Att. 5, 1: virtus, that of Atilius Regulus, Val. Max. 4, 4, ext. 6.

Atīlius, a, um, Name eines röm. Geschlechts, aus dem am bekanntesten: A. Atilius Calatinus, Konsul 258 u. 254 v. Chr., Diktator 250 v. Chr., Feldherr im ersten punischen Kriege, Liv. epit. 17 u. 19. Frontin. 1, 5, 15. Cic. Tusc. 1, 13; de sen. 61. – M. Atilius Regulus, s. 2. Rēgulus. – C. Atilius Serranus Gavianus, während Ciceros Konsulats Quästor, Cic. ad Quir. 5, 12; später Volkstribun u. als solcher Ciceros Feind, von dessen Gegnern erkauft, Cic. Sest. 33, 72. – M. Atilius, ein röm. Dichter der frühern Periode, der wie Ennius, Nävius u.a. griechische Dramen für die röm. Bühne bearbeitete, von denen bes. eine Electra genannt wird, Sedig. bei Gell. 15, 24 extr. Cic. de fin. 1, 5. Cic. ad Att. 14, 20, 3. – L. Atilius, ein Jurist im 3. Jahrh. v. Chr., Pompon. dig. 1, 2, 2. § 38. – Atilius Fortunatianus, ein latein. Grammatiker am Ende des 4. Jahrh. n. Chr., Verf. einer ars über Metrik, s. Gramm. Lat. ed. Keil 6, 276 sqq. – P. Atilius Septicianus, ein latein. Grammatiker zu Komum, Corp. inscr. Lat. 5, 5278. – Adi. atilisch, lex, wegen Anordnung eines Vormundes, Gaius inst. 1, 185 u. 195. – Dav. Atīliānus, a, um, atilianisch, des Atilius, praedia, des Trib. At., Cic. ad Att. 5, 1, 2: virtus, des M. At. Regulus, Val. Max. 4, 4, 6: tutor, nach der lex Atilia (s. vorher) angeordneter, Gaius inst. 185 u. 194. – ➳ Atilius, nicht Attilius, nach den besten Hdschrn. u. nach den Inschrn. (zB. Corp. inscr. Lat. 5, 5278 = Carm. epigr. 1274 ed. Buecheler u. Femin. Atiliabus, Corp. inscr. Lat. 5, 4042) jetzt in allen Ausgaben. Vgl. auch Dziatzko im Rhein. Mus. N. F. 20, 588. Anm. 18.

Ătīlĭus (11) ou Attīlĭus, ĭī, m. , nom de famille rom. ; en part. Attilius Régulus Plin. 3, 138 ; Atilius Calatinus Cic. CM 61 ; Planc. 60.

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1. L. Atilius, a plebeian, consular tribune B. C. 399, and again in 396. (Liv. 5.13, 18; Diod. 14.54, 90.) He must be distinguished from L. Atilius, the consular tribune in B. C. 444 (Liv. 4.7), who was a patrician, and whose cognomen was Longus, as we learn from Dionysius (11.61).

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2. L. Atilius, tribune of the plebs, B. C. 311, brought forward a bill, in conjunction with his colleague, C. Marcius, giving the people the power of electing 16 military tribunes in the four legions, the usual number levied annually. (Liv. 9.30.) As there were six tribunes in each legion, the people by this bill had the election of two-thirds of the whole number. Previously they appointed only six; the remaining eighteen were nominated by the consuls. (Comp. Liv. 7.5.)

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3. L. Atilius, quaestor in B. C. 216, slain at the battle of Cannae in the same year. (Liv. 22.49.)

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4 M. Atilius and C. Atilius, duumviri in B. C. 216, dedicated the temple of Concord, which L. Manlius, the praetor, had vowed. (Liv. 23.22.)

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5. C. Atilius and M. Atilius, duumviri in B. C. 216, dedicated the temple of Concord, which L. Manlius, the praetor, had vowed. (Liv. 23.22.)

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6. L. Atilius, commander of the Roman garrison in Locri, escaped with his troops by sea, when the town was surrendered to Hannibal in B. C. 215. (Liv. 24.1.)

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7. L. Atilius, praetor B. C. 197, obtained Sardinia as his province. (Liv. 32.27, 28.)

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8. L. Atilius, served in the fleet of Cn. Octavius, who was sent by the consul Paullus to Samothrace in B. C. 168, to demand Perseus, who had taken refuge there. Atilius addressed the Samothracian assembly in support of this demands (Liv. 45.5.)

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9. L. Atilius, the jurist. See below.

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10. Atilius, one of the libertini, built an amphitheatre at Fidenae in the reign of Tiberius, A. D. 27; but in consequence of the slight and careless manner in which it was built, it fell down through the weight of the spectators, and upwards of 20,000 persons perished, according to Suetonius (Suet. Tib. 40), and as many as 50,000, according to Tacitus, were either injured or destroyed. Atilius was banished in consequence. (Tac. Ann. 4.62, 63.)

Ati'lius, L.

a Roman jurist, who probably lived in the middle of the sixth century of the city. By Pomponius (Dig. 1. tit. 2. s. 2.38) he is called Publius Atilius, and in some manuscripts of Cicero (Amic. 100.2), Acilius, not Atilius. He was among the earliest of the jurisconsults, after Coruncanius, who gave public instruction in law, and he was remarkable for his science in profitendo. He was the first Roman who was called by the people Sapiens, although, before his time, the jurist P. Sempronius (who was consul B. C. 304) had acquired the cognomen Sophus, less expressive to Latin ears. Sapiens was afterwards a title frequently given to jurists. (Gel. 4.1.) He wrote Commentaries on the laws of the Twelve Tables. (Cic. de Leg. 2.23; Heinec. Hist. Jur. Rom. § 125.) [J.T.G]

Ati'lius, M.

one of the early Roman poets, is classed among the comic poets of Rome by Vulcatius Sedigitus, who assigns him the fifth place among them in order of merit. (Ap. Gell. 15.24.) But as Atilius translated into Latin the Electra of Sophocles (Cic. de Fin. 1.2; comp. Suet. Jul. 84), it would appear that he wrote tragedies as well as comedies. The latter, however, may have been both superior to, and more numerous than, the former; and this would be a sufficient reason why Sedigitus classed him among the comic poets, without having recourse to the improbable conjecture of Weichert (Poet. Latin. Reliquiae, p. 139), that he had turned the Electra of Sophocles into a comedy. Among his other plays we have the titles of the following : Μισόγονος (Cic. Tusc. Disp. 4.11), Bocolia (Varr. L. L. 6.89, ed. Müller), Ἄγροικος, and Commorientes. (Varr. apud Gell. 3.3.) According to another reading the last three are attributed to a poet Aquillius. With the exception of a line quoted by Cicero (Cic. Att. 14.20), and a few words preserved in two passages of Varro (L. L. 7.90, 106), nothing of Atilius has come down to us. Cicero (ad Att. l.c.) calls him poeta durissimus, and Licinius describes him as ferreus scriptor. (Cic. de Fin. l.c.)

Ati'lius Fortunatia'nus

[Fortunatianus.]