. e kingly power. Thereupon Cincin-natus was appointed dictator, and C. ServiliusAhala, the master of the horse. Maelius wassummoned to appear before the tribunal of thedictator; but as he refused to go, Ahala, withan armed band of patrician youths, rushed intothe crowd, and slew him. His property wasconfiscated, and his house pulled down; itsvacant site, which was called the Aequimae-lium, continued to subsequent ages a memorialof his fate. Later ages fully believed the storyof Maeliuss conspiracy, and Cicero repeatedlypraises the g
. e kingly power. Thereupon Cincin-natus was appointed dictator, and C. ServiliusAhala, the master of the horse. Maelius wassummoned to appear before the tribunal of thedictator; but as he refused to go, Ahala, withan armed band of patrician youths, rushed intothe crowd, and slew him. His property wasconfiscated, and his house pulled down; itsvacant site, which was called the Aequimae-lium, continued to subsequent ages a memorialof his fate. Later ages fully believed the storyof Maeliuss conspiracy, and Cicero repeatedlypraises the glorious deed of Ahala. But hisguilt is very doubtful. Ahala was brought totrial, and only escaped condemnation by a volun-tary exile. (Liv. iv. 13; Cic. de Sen. 8, 28, deRep. ii. 27; Flor. i. 26; Val. Max. vi. 3.) Maenaca (MateaKTj), a town of HispaniaBae-tica on the coast, the most westerly colony ofthe Phocaeans (Strab. p. 156). Maenades (McuvdSzs), a name of the Bac-chantes, from fxaivofiai, to be mad, becausethey were frenzied in the worship of Maenade or Bacchante, with snake-hound hair. (Thiersch, Veber die hellenischen bcmalUn Vasen.) Maenalus (rb Maivakov or MaivaXiou upos:Boinon), a mountain in Arcadia, which ex-tended from Megalopolis to Tegea, was cele-brated as the favourite haunt of the god Pan(Strab. p. 388 ; Paus. viii. 36, 7; Verg. Eel. ). From this mountain the surroundingcountry was called Maenalia (Wlaivakia) ; andon the mountain was a town Maenalus (Thuc. v. 64; Paus. iii. 11, 7). The mountain was socelebrated that the Roman poets frequentlyuse the adjectives Maenalius and Maenalia asequivalent to Arcadian. Maenius. 1. C, consul, 338, with Camillus. The two consuls completedthe subjugation of Latium; they were bothrewarded with a triumph; and equestrianstatutes were erected to their honour in theforum (Liv. viii. 13). The statue of Maeniuswas placed upon a column, which is spoken ofby later writers under the name of ColumnaMae
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