No. 6301
Spurius Maelius
died 439 BCMerchantEurope · 439 BCMost named place: Rome
Spurius Maelius was a wealthy member of the Roman equestrian order with the political ambitions.
After the great famine affected the population of Rome (440-439), Maelius used his abundant funds to buy a large store of grain and sold it at a low price to the people of Rome. These acts of generosity provided him a support and give a boost to nominate for consulship. But, that attempt brought him under the suspicion that he wants to establish a rule of a king and bring down the Republic. Lucius Minucius, the patrician praefectus annonae (“president of the grain supply”) accused Maelius of seeking to take over the government. Shortly thereafter Maelius was killed and his house demolished.
