• Gnaeus Mallius Maximus, father of the consul. •
Gnaeus Mallius Cn. f. Maximus, consul in 105 BC, received the province of
Transalpine Gaul. He quarreled with the
proconsul Quintus Servilius Caepio, a member of an ancient and aristocratic house, who considered the
novus homo Mallius beneath his dignity. As a result, both forces were badly defeated at the
Battle of Arausio, and Mallius lost two sons in the fighting. On their return, both men were prosecuted for their loss of the army. Servilius was defended by
Lucius Licinius Crassus, the famous orator, and Mallius by
Marcus Antonius, also a skilled rhetorician. Despite this, both men were condemned, interdicted from fire and water, and banished. • Mallius Cn. f. Cn. n., name of two sons of the consul, both killed at the battle of Arausio. • Gaius Mallius, an experienced
centurion under
Sulla, was recruited by
Catiline for his
Second Catilinarian conspiracy in BC 63, and stationed at
Faesulae, where he was charged with gathering an army and necessary supplies. After the conspiracy was revealed, Mallius had command of the right wing of Catiline's forces against the consul
Gaius Antonius Hybrida, but both he and Catiline fell in battle. •
Flavius Mallius Theodorus, sometimes called
Manlius Theodorus, consul in AD 399, and the author of
De Rerum Natura.
Saint Augustine dedicated his
De Vita Beata to Mallius. ==See also==