Mānīlius

, a Roman who married the daughter of Tarquin. He lived at Tusculum, and received his father-in-law in his house, when banished from Rome, . Livy , bk. 2 , ch. 15 .――Caius, a celebrated mathematician and poet of Antioch, who wrote a poetical treatise on astronomy, of which five books are extant, treating of the fixed stars. The style is not elegant. The age in which he lived is not known, though some suppose that he flourished in the August an age. No author, however, in the age of August us has made mention of Manilius. The best editions of Manilius are those of Bentley, 4to, London, 1739, and Stoeberus, 8vo, Str as bourg, 1767.――Titus, a learned historian in the age of Sylla and Marius. He is greatly commended by Cicero, pro Roscio .――Marcus, another mentioned by Cicero , On Oratory , bk. 1 , ch. 48 , as supporting the character of a great lawyer, and of an eloquent and powerful orator.