Titus Manlius Imperiosus Torquatus was a famous politician and general of the Roman Republic, of the old gens Manlia. He had an outstanding career, being consul three times, in 347, 344, and 340 BC, a
Titus Manlius riding a horse. Engraving by Hendrick Goltzius, c. 1586.
The Dutch Baroque painter Ferdinand Bol depicted the son's decapitation (1661–64).
Jean-Simon Berthélemy (1785).
Alphonse Gaudar de Laverdine (1799).
Aulus Cornelius Cossus
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Aulus Cornelius Cossus was a Roman general in the early Republic. He is famous for being the second Roman, after Romulus, to be awarded the spolia opima, Rome's highest military honour, for killing th
Titus Manlius Imperiosus Torquatus
…in 347, 344, and 340 BC, and dictator three times, in 353, 349, and 320 BC. He was one of the early heroes of the Republic, alongside Cincinnatus, Cornelius Cossus, Furius Camillus, and Valerius Corvus. As a young military tribune, he defeated a huge Gaul in one of the most famous duels of the Republic, which…
Aulus Cornelius Cossus carries the head of the Etruscan king Lars Tolumnius during the Battle of Fidenae