Mĭnŭtius Augur in us

, a Roman consul slain in a battle against the Samnites.――A tribune of the people, who put Mælius to death when he aspired to the sovereignty of Rome. He was honoured with a brazen statue for causing the corn to be sold at a reduced price to the people. Livy , bk. 4 , ch. 16 .— Pliny , bk. 18 , ch. 3 .――Rufus, a master of horse to the dictator Fabius Maximus. His disobedience to the commands of the dictator was productive of an extension of his prerogative, and the master of the horse was declared equal in power to the dictator. Minutius, soon after this, fought with ill succe against Annibal, and was saved by the interference of Fabius; which circumstance had such an effect upon him, that he laid down his power at the feet of his deliverer, and swore that he would never act again but by his directions. He was killed at the battle of Cannæ. Livy. — Cornel i us Nepos , Hannibal .――A Roman consul who defended Coriolanus from the insults of the people, . ――Another, defeated by the Æqui, and disgraced by the dictator Cincinnatus.――An officer under Cæsar, in Gaul, who afterwards became one of the conspirators against his patron. Cæsar , Gallic War , bk. 6 , ch. 29 .――A tribune who warmly opposed the views of Caius Gracchus.――A Roman, chosen dictator, and obliged to lay down his office, because, during the time of his election, the sudden cry of a rat was heard.――A Roman, one of the first who were chosen questors.――Felix, an African lawyer, who flourished 207 A.D. He has written an elegant dialogue in defence of the christian religion, called Octavius , from the principal speaker in it. This book was long attributed to Arnobius, and even printed as an eighth book ( Octavus ), till Balduinus discovered the imposition in his edition of Felix, 1560. The two last editions are that of Davies, 8vo, Cambridge, 1712; and of Gronovius, 8vo, Leiden, 1709.