# Manlius Capitolinus — Discourses on Livy character guide

> Manlius Capitolinus in Discourses on Livy by Niccolò Machiavelli.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Manlius

**First appearance:** 0004-i

## Who they are

Roman patrician who saved the Capitol but was later executed for ambition.

## Relationships

### [Valerius Corvinus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_on_livy_se/characters/valerius_corvinus)

_rivalry_

Manlius Capitolinus, a populist agitator, is opposed by Valerius Corvinus, a moderate patrician leader, representing the conflict between demagoguery and aristocratic order.

## In the story

### [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_on_livy_se/chapters/viii)

Calumniator who spread false rumors about embezzled treasure to stir up the commons against the senate.

### [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_on_livy_se/chapters/xxiv)

Received a small measure of meal for saving the Capitol from the Gauls, but later thrown from the same Capitol for sedition.

### [LVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_on_livy_se/chapters/lviii)

Example of a citizen condemned by the Roman people, who later mourned his death.

### [Book III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_on_livy_se/chapters/book-iii)

Cited as an example of a virtuous citizen whose ambition threatened the republic.

### [Chapter I: The Necessity of Renewal in Republics and Sects](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_on_livy_se/chapters/i)

Cited as an example of a citizen whose death served to bring the republic back to its principles.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_on_livy_se/chapters/viii)

Example of a citizen whose ambition to rule was thwarted by Rome's uncorrupted institutions; his jealousy of Camillus led him to stir up tumults, but the people and nobles united to condemn him.

### [Why Camillus was banished from Rome](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_on_livy_se/chapters/xxiii)

Mentioned as a contrasting example whose methods are advantageous for the country but sometimes hurtful to the man.

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