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Spurius Maelius
Sp. Maelius
Wealthy plebeian knight who distributed cheap grain in the famine of 439 BC; suspected of aiming at kingship and killed by Servilius Ahala.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 4 §13 Spurius Maelius
Wealthy plebeian knight who distributed cheap grain in the famine of 439 BC; suspected of aiming at kingship and killed by Servilius Ahala.
- The History of Rome, Book 6 §17 Spurius Maelius
The rich plebeian who fed the people in famine and was killed (439 BC) by Servilius Ahala on suspicion of aiming at kingship.