, Metrophanes
recovered
his see of Smyrna, moned to aid them in a war with Fidenae and the
and, in the council held in Constantinople in 869, Veientines.
and, in the council held in Constantinople in 869, Veientines.
William Smith - 1844 - Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities - b
C.
(Plin.
H.
N.
(Placidus Lutatius on Statius, iii. 478). Notices xxv. 4. )
which might very well have been derived from a 4. The physician mentioned by Cicero (Ep. ad
work of that kind, are given by Pliny (H. N. v. Famil. xvi. 20) as attending on his freedman Tiro,
31. s. 38, viii. 14), on the authority of a Metro B. C. 46.
dorus ; and as similar notices (H. N. iii, 16. 6. 20, One of the above (perhaps the third) is quoted
xxviii. 7. s. 23, xxxvii. 4. v. 15) are taken by him by Marbodus (De Gemmis), and called by him
from Metrodorus of Scepsis, the latter was very “ maximus auctor. ” (See Fabric. Bibl. Gr. vol. xiii.
probably the author of the Deputynous in question. p. 337, ed. vet. )
(W. A. G. ]
Strabo also (xi. p. 504) quotes from Metrodorus METRO'PHANES (Mntpopávns), a general of
of Scepsis a geographical notice respecting the Mithridates the Great, who sent him with an army
Amazons. (Voss. de Hist. Graecis, p. 180, ed. into Greece, to support Archelaus, B. C. 87. He
West. )
reduced Euboea, as well as Demetrias and Magne-
7. Of STRATONICE in Caria. He was at first a sia in Thessaly, but was defeated by the Roman
disciple of the school of Epicurus, but afterwards general Bruttius Sura. (Appian, Mithr. 29. ) He
attached himself to Carneades, Cicero speaks of is again mentioned in B. c. 73, as commanding,
hiin as an orator of great fire and volubility (de together with the Roman exile L. Fannius, a de
Orat. i. 11. § 45). He flourished about B. c. 110. tachment of the army of Mithridates, which was
(Diog. Laërt. x. 9; Cic. Acad. ii. 6. $ 16, 24. 8 | defeated by Mamercus during the siege of Cyzicus.
78 ; Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. iii. p. 607. )
(Oros. ri. 2 ; comp. Sall. Hist. lib. iii. p. 217, ed.
8. A distinguished grammarian, the brother of Gerlach, min. )
(E. H. B. ]
Anthemius of Tralles 'ANTHEMIUS), mentioned by METROʻPHANES (Mntpopávns), the name
Agathias, V: 6. (Voss. de Hist. Graecis, p. 470. ) of three later Greek writers, mentioned by Suidas
9. A native apparently of Alexandria or Egypt, (s. v. ).
mentioned by Photius (Cod. 115, 116) as the 1. Of Eucarpia, in Phrygia (comp. Steph. Byz.
author of a cycle for the calculation of the time s. 0. Evkapnia), wrote a work on Phrygia, and also
of Easter. He lived after the time of Diocle- the following treatises on rhetoric:- Tepl iðews
tian, but nothing more exact is known respect- nógov, llepl otáo Ewv, and commentaries on Her-
ing him. (Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. x. p. 712 ; mogenes and Aristides, in consequence of which he
Noris. Dissert. de Cyclo Pasch. Rarenn. c. 3, p. is regarded by some as the author of the Scholia
183. )
(C. P. M. ] Aristides. (Westermann, Gesch. der Griech.
METRODO'RUS (Mntpódopos), the author of Beredtsamkeit, $ 104, n. 15. )
two epigrams in the Greek Anthology. (Brunck, 2. Of Lebadeia, in Boeotia, the son of the rhe-
Anal. vol. ii. p. 476 ; Jacobs, Anth. Graec. vol. iii. torician Cornelianus, was the author of the follow-
p. 180. ) His age very uncertain, and it is even ing works:- Tepl Twv xapakthpwv of Plato,
doubtful whether both the epigrams ought to be Xenophon, Nicostratus, and Philostratus, Meiétai,
ascribed to the saine poet. (Jacobs, Anth. Graec. and Λόγοι πανηγυρικοί.
vol. xiii. pp. 917,918 ; Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. 3. A descendant of the sophist Lachares, against
iv. p. 482. )
[P. S. ) whom the sophist Superianus wrote a book. Thie
METRODOʻRUS, of Athens, a painter and Metrophanes is mentioned by Damascius in his
15
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METTIUS.
MEZENTIUS.
ISMET
sum-
life of Isidorus (ap. Phot. cod. p. 342 a. b. ed.
Bekker).
METROʻPHANES (Mntpopárns), bishop of
Smyrna, is renowned in ecclesiastical history for his
obstinate opposition to the famous patriarch Photius.
He was the son of the woman who was enveigled
to entice Methodius, patriarch of Constantinople,
but he was not the son of Methodius. The patri-
arch Ignatius having been deposed by the emperor
Michael III. , in 858, and Photius chosen in his
COIN OP M. METTIUS.
stead, Metrophanes, who was then bishop of ME'TTIUS CU'RTIUS. (CURTIUS METTIUS,
Smyrna, recognised Photius, although he was a No. 1. )
friend of Ignatius. But he soon altered his opi- METTIUS CARUS. [CARUR. ]
nion, declared publicly for the deposed patriarch, ME'TTIUS FUFFE'TIUS, was praetor or
and so violently attacked Photius, that he was de dictator of Alba in the reign of Tullus Hostilius,
prived of his see and thrown into a prison. When third king of Rome. After the combat between
Photius was deposed in his turn, and Ignatius re the Horatü and Curiatii had determined the
established in the patriarchate by the emperor supremacy of the Romans, Mettius was
Basil I.
, Metrophanes recovered his see of Smyrna, moned to aid them in a war with Fidenae and the
and, in the council held in Constantinople in 869, Veientines. On the field of battle, from cowardice
showed himself one of the most zealous opponents or treachery, Mettius drew off his Albans to the
of Photius. But in 879 Photius became once more hills, and awaited the issue of the battle. The
patriarch on the death of Ignatius, and now Me Etruscans, mistaking his movement for a design
trophanes was again deposed. He nevertheless upon their fiank, took to fight and Metrius fell
continued to speak and to write against Photius, upon them in their disorder, intending probably to
so that in 880 the patriarch and the emperor con- regain the confidence of his Roman allies. But on
trived his excommunication. Metrophanes died in the following day the Albans were all deprived of
an obscure retirement, but the year of his death is their arms, and Mettius himself, as the punishment
not known. He wrote besides other works :- 1. of his treachery, was torn asunder by chariots
Epistola ad Manuelem Patricium de Rebus in Causa driven in opposite directions. (Dionys. iii
. 5, 7, 8,
Photii ab anno 858 ad 870 gestis, one of the most 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28. 29,
valuable documents bearing on the bistory of that 30; Liv. i 23, 26, 27, 28 ; Varr. Fr. p. 240, Bip.
turbulent patriarch. A Latin version by Melius, ed. ; Flor. i. 3. § 8 ; Val. Max. vii. 4. 8 1 ; Frontin.
in Baronius, Annal. ad ann. 870, Greek and Latin, Strut. ii. 7. 81; Polyaen. Strat. viii. 5. ) (W. B. D. ]
in the 8th vol. of Labbe, Concilia, and in Acta ME'TTIUS GEMI'NIUS, or GEMINUS,
Concilii CP. quarti, by M. Raderus, Ingolstadt. was commander of the cavalry of Tusculum in the
1604, 4to. 2. Επιστολή Μητροφάνους Μητρο- | last war between Rome and the Latin league,
πολίτου προς Μανουήλ Πατρίκιον και Λογοθέτης | Β. C. 340. He challenged T. Manlius, son of the
Toll Spóuov, divided into four parts, a very remark. consul T. Manlius Torquatus, and was slain by
able and important document. The three first him in the combat. (Liv. viii. 7 ; Val. Max. ii.
parts treat on Manichaeism, and the fourth on the 7. & 6. )
(W. B. D. )
Mystery of the Holy Ghost: it is very doubtful METTIUS POMPOSIANUS, a senator in
whether Metropbanes is the author of this work, Vespasian's reign, whom the emperor raised to the
which is now generally attributed to Photius. 3. consulate, although Mettius was reported to have a
De Spiritu Sancto, of which a fragment is extant royal nativity. Domitian afterwards banished and
in a Vienna codex. 4. Erpositio fidei, in a Paris put him to death. (Suet. Vesp. 14, Dom. 10, 20 ;
codex. 5. Liber Canonum Triadicorum, in a Vene Dion Cass. lxvii. 12; Victor, Ep. 9. ) (W. B. D. ]
tian codex, according to Leo Allatius. (Fabric. MEZE’NTIUS (MegéYTLOS), a mythical king of
Bibl. Graec. vol. xi. p. 700 ; Baronius, Annal. ad the Tyrrhenians or Etruscans, at Caere or Agylla,
ann. 870, &c. ; Hankius, Script. Byzant. xvii. 1, and father of Lausus. When he was expelled by
&c. , xviii. 66. )
[W. P. ] his subjects on account of his cruelty he took
ME'TTIUS or ME'TIUS, an old Italian name, refuge with Turnus, king of the Rutulians, and
in uee both among the Sabines and Latins. It is assisted him in his war against Aeneas and the
doubtful whether Mettius or Metius is the better Trojans. Aeneas wounded him, but Mezentius
orthography, as we sometimes find one and some escaped under the protection of his son. When,
times the other in the best MSS. For the sake of however, Lausus had fallen, Mezentius returned to
uniformity, however, we bave adopted the form the battle on horseback, and was slain by Aeneas
Mettius in all the following names, though some of | (Virg. Aen. viii. 480, &c. , 8. 689, &c. , 785, 800,
them occur with only one t.
&c. ). The story about the alliance between Me-
MEÄTTIUS. 1. P. Mettius, a partisan of zentius and the Rutulians is also mentioned by
Saturninus and Glaucia in B. c. 100, assassinated Livy and Dionysius, but they say nothing about
C. Memmius, one of the consular candidates in that his expulsion from Caere or Agylla. According
year. (Oros. v. 17. )
to them Aeneas disappeared during the battle
2. M. METTIUS, was sent by Caesar at the against the Rutulians and Etruscans at Lanuvium,
opening of the Gallic war, in B. c. 58, as legatus and Ascanius was besieged by Mezentius and
to Ariovistus, king of the German league, and was Lausus. In a sally at night the besieged defeated
detained prisoner by him, but subsequently res- the enemy, slew Lausus, and then concluded a
cued by Caesar. (Caes. B. G. i. 47, 53. ) The peace with Mezentius, who henceforth remained
annexed coin, which bears the legend M. Mettius, their ally. (Liv. i. 2, 3 ; Dionys. i. 64, &c. )
and has on the obverse the bead of Caesar, pro- According to Servius (ad Aen. iv. 620, vi
. 760,
bably refers to this Mettius. [W. B. D. ] ix. 745) Mezentius was slain by Ascanius. During
à
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MICHAEL.
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MICHAEL
the siege of Ascanius, Mezentins, when he was chief officers of the state, and being all willing to
asked to conclude a peace, demanded among other support Michael, they proclinicd him emperor
things, that the Latins should give up to him every while Stauracius was still alive (2nd of October,
year the whole produce of their vintage ; and in 811). The dying emperor implored and obtained
commemoration of this, it was said, the Romans mercy from his brother-in-law, and went to expire
in later times celebrated the festival of the Vinalia, in a convent, The accession of Michael caused
on the twenty-third of April, when the new wine great joy among the people, though little in the
was tasted, and a libation made in front of the army: the soldiers, however, were soon satisfied by
temple of Venus, and a sacrifice offered to Jupiter. the liberal use which the new emperor made of the
(Plut. Quaest. Rom. 45 ; Ov. Fast. iv. 881, &c. ; rich treasures hoarded up by the late Nicephorus.
Macrob. Sat. iii. 5; comp. Dict. of Ant 8. v. Michael, a peaceful man, began his reign by re-
Vinalia. )
(L. S. ) storing peace to the disturbed church, and recalling
MEZETULUS, & Numidian, who, after the from exile Leo Armenus, a celebrated general, who
death of Oesalces, king of the Massylians, revolted now enjoyed the emperor's full confidence, for which
against Capusa, the eldest son of the late king, who he afterwards rewarded him by hurling his bene-
had succeeded him on the throne ; and defeated factor from his throne. In the spring of 812,
him in a great battle, in which Capusa himself was Crum, the king of the Bulgarians, again invaded
killed. Mezetulus, however, did not assume the the territories of the empire. Michael set out at
sovereignty himself, but placed on the throne La- the head of his army to meet him, but committed
cumaces, the youngest son of Desalus, a mere the imprudence of allowing the empress Procopia
child, in whose name he designed to govern the to accompany him. A general discontent and
kingdom. But the return of Masinissa from Spain symptoms of sedition among the troops were the con-
disconcerted his plans: he quickly raised a large sequences of his thoughtlessness; a woman with
army, with which he opposed this new adversary in more than seeming authority in the camp being
the field, but was defeated, and compelled to seek then an unheard of thing. Distrusting the army,
refuge in the dominions of Syphax. From thence, the emperor hastened back to the capital, followed
however, he was induced to return, and take up his by a host of reckless barbarians who laid the
residence at the court of Masinissa, from whom he country waste with fire and sword. At their ap-
received a free pardon and the restitution of all his proach, multitudes of people, mostly iconoclasts,
property. (Liv. xxix. 29, 30. ). It is probably fed before them ; and a sedition in consequence
the same person who is called by Appian Mesotulus broke out among the numerous iconoclasts in Con-
(Megórios), and is mentioned as joining Han- stantinople, which was quelled, not without diffi-
nibal with a force of 1000 horsemen shortly before culty, by Leo Armenus : their leader Nicolaus was
the battle of Zama (Appian, Pun. 33. ) [E. H. B. ] confined in a convent ; and they were finally all
MI'CCIADES, a sculptor of Chios, was the son driven out of the city and dispersed in the pro-
of Malas, the father of Anthermus (or Archennus), vinces, by order of the emperor. About the same
and the grandfather of Bupalus and Athenis. He time great numbers of Christians of all sects took
must bave flourished about OL. 42 or 45. (Plin. refuge within the empire, flying from the dominions
H. N. xxxvi. 5. & 4.
(Placidus Lutatius on Statius, iii. 478). Notices xxv. 4. )
which might very well have been derived from a 4. The physician mentioned by Cicero (Ep. ad
work of that kind, are given by Pliny (H. N. v. Famil. xvi. 20) as attending on his freedman Tiro,
31. s. 38, viii. 14), on the authority of a Metro B. C. 46.
dorus ; and as similar notices (H. N. iii, 16. 6. 20, One of the above (perhaps the third) is quoted
xxviii. 7. s. 23, xxxvii. 4. v. 15) are taken by him by Marbodus (De Gemmis), and called by him
from Metrodorus of Scepsis, the latter was very “ maximus auctor. ” (See Fabric. Bibl. Gr. vol. xiii.
probably the author of the Deputynous in question. p. 337, ed. vet. )
(W. A. G. ]
Strabo also (xi. p. 504) quotes from Metrodorus METRO'PHANES (Mntpopávns), a general of
of Scepsis a geographical notice respecting the Mithridates the Great, who sent him with an army
Amazons. (Voss. de Hist. Graecis, p. 180, ed. into Greece, to support Archelaus, B. C. 87. He
West. )
reduced Euboea, as well as Demetrias and Magne-
7. Of STRATONICE in Caria. He was at first a sia in Thessaly, but was defeated by the Roman
disciple of the school of Epicurus, but afterwards general Bruttius Sura. (Appian, Mithr. 29. ) He
attached himself to Carneades, Cicero speaks of is again mentioned in B. c. 73, as commanding,
hiin as an orator of great fire and volubility (de together with the Roman exile L. Fannius, a de
Orat. i. 11. § 45). He flourished about B. c. 110. tachment of the army of Mithridates, which was
(Diog. Laërt. x. 9; Cic. Acad. ii. 6. $ 16, 24. 8 | defeated by Mamercus during the siege of Cyzicus.
78 ; Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. iii. p. 607. )
(Oros. ri. 2 ; comp. Sall. Hist. lib. iii. p. 217, ed.
8. A distinguished grammarian, the brother of Gerlach, min. )
(E. H. B. ]
Anthemius of Tralles 'ANTHEMIUS), mentioned by METROʻPHANES (Mntpopávns), the name
Agathias, V: 6. (Voss. de Hist. Graecis, p. 470. ) of three later Greek writers, mentioned by Suidas
9. A native apparently of Alexandria or Egypt, (s. v. ).
mentioned by Photius (Cod. 115, 116) as the 1. Of Eucarpia, in Phrygia (comp. Steph. Byz.
author of a cycle for the calculation of the time s. 0. Evkapnia), wrote a work on Phrygia, and also
of Easter. He lived after the time of Diocle- the following treatises on rhetoric:- Tepl iðews
tian, but nothing more exact is known respect- nógov, llepl otáo Ewv, and commentaries on Her-
ing him. (Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. x. p. 712 ; mogenes and Aristides, in consequence of which he
Noris. Dissert. de Cyclo Pasch. Rarenn. c. 3, p. is regarded by some as the author of the Scholia
183. )
(C. P. M. ] Aristides. (Westermann, Gesch. der Griech.
METRODO'RUS (Mntpódopos), the author of Beredtsamkeit, $ 104, n. 15. )
two epigrams in the Greek Anthology. (Brunck, 2. Of Lebadeia, in Boeotia, the son of the rhe-
Anal. vol. ii. p. 476 ; Jacobs, Anth. Graec. vol. iii. torician Cornelianus, was the author of the follow-
p. 180. ) His age very uncertain, and it is even ing works:- Tepl Twv xapakthpwv of Plato,
doubtful whether both the epigrams ought to be Xenophon, Nicostratus, and Philostratus, Meiétai,
ascribed to the saine poet. (Jacobs, Anth. Graec. and Λόγοι πανηγυρικοί.
vol. xiii. pp. 917,918 ; Fabric. Bibl. Graec. vol. 3. A descendant of the sophist Lachares, against
iv. p. 482. )
[P. S. ) whom the sophist Superianus wrote a book. Thie
METRODOʻRUS, of Athens, a painter and Metrophanes is mentioned by Damascius in his
15
Max A8
. 31. §. com
re's a
me te
to Teo
steiro
Bei deos
leed Data,
Hora ali
(Pot est. (
45, 6)
!
is
.
Berkers zarpa
the trata 124
Abendum
very 2
da alets
Cand est
i
with the
inte tole 13 pa mu
hansi
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METTIUS.
MEZENTIUS.
ISMET
sum-
life of Isidorus (ap. Phot. cod. p. 342 a. b. ed.
Bekker).
METROʻPHANES (Mntpopárns), bishop of
Smyrna, is renowned in ecclesiastical history for his
obstinate opposition to the famous patriarch Photius.
He was the son of the woman who was enveigled
to entice Methodius, patriarch of Constantinople,
but he was not the son of Methodius. The patri-
arch Ignatius having been deposed by the emperor
Michael III. , in 858, and Photius chosen in his
COIN OP M. METTIUS.
stead, Metrophanes, who was then bishop of ME'TTIUS CU'RTIUS. (CURTIUS METTIUS,
Smyrna, recognised Photius, although he was a No. 1. )
friend of Ignatius. But he soon altered his opi- METTIUS CARUS. [CARUR. ]
nion, declared publicly for the deposed patriarch, ME'TTIUS FUFFE'TIUS, was praetor or
and so violently attacked Photius, that he was de dictator of Alba in the reign of Tullus Hostilius,
prived of his see and thrown into a prison. When third king of Rome. After the combat between
Photius was deposed in his turn, and Ignatius re the Horatü and Curiatii had determined the
established in the patriarchate by the emperor supremacy of the Romans, Mettius was
Basil I.
, Metrophanes recovered his see of Smyrna, moned to aid them in a war with Fidenae and the
and, in the council held in Constantinople in 869, Veientines. On the field of battle, from cowardice
showed himself one of the most zealous opponents or treachery, Mettius drew off his Albans to the
of Photius. But in 879 Photius became once more hills, and awaited the issue of the battle. The
patriarch on the death of Ignatius, and now Me Etruscans, mistaking his movement for a design
trophanes was again deposed. He nevertheless upon their fiank, took to fight and Metrius fell
continued to speak and to write against Photius, upon them in their disorder, intending probably to
so that in 880 the patriarch and the emperor con- regain the confidence of his Roman allies. But on
trived his excommunication. Metrophanes died in the following day the Albans were all deprived of
an obscure retirement, but the year of his death is their arms, and Mettius himself, as the punishment
not known. He wrote besides other works :- 1. of his treachery, was torn asunder by chariots
Epistola ad Manuelem Patricium de Rebus in Causa driven in opposite directions. (Dionys. iii
. 5, 7, 8,
Photii ab anno 858 ad 870 gestis, one of the most 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28. 29,
valuable documents bearing on the bistory of that 30; Liv. i 23, 26, 27, 28 ; Varr. Fr. p. 240, Bip.
turbulent patriarch. A Latin version by Melius, ed. ; Flor. i. 3. § 8 ; Val. Max. vii. 4. 8 1 ; Frontin.
in Baronius, Annal. ad ann. 870, Greek and Latin, Strut. ii. 7. 81; Polyaen. Strat. viii. 5. ) (W. B. D. ]
in the 8th vol. of Labbe, Concilia, and in Acta ME'TTIUS GEMI'NIUS, or GEMINUS,
Concilii CP. quarti, by M. Raderus, Ingolstadt. was commander of the cavalry of Tusculum in the
1604, 4to. 2. Επιστολή Μητροφάνους Μητρο- | last war between Rome and the Latin league,
πολίτου προς Μανουήλ Πατρίκιον και Λογοθέτης | Β. C. 340. He challenged T. Manlius, son of the
Toll Spóuov, divided into four parts, a very remark. consul T. Manlius Torquatus, and was slain by
able and important document. The three first him in the combat. (Liv. viii. 7 ; Val. Max. ii.
parts treat on Manichaeism, and the fourth on the 7. & 6. )
(W. B. D. )
Mystery of the Holy Ghost: it is very doubtful METTIUS POMPOSIANUS, a senator in
whether Metropbanes is the author of this work, Vespasian's reign, whom the emperor raised to the
which is now generally attributed to Photius. 3. consulate, although Mettius was reported to have a
De Spiritu Sancto, of which a fragment is extant royal nativity. Domitian afterwards banished and
in a Vienna codex. 4. Erpositio fidei, in a Paris put him to death. (Suet. Vesp. 14, Dom. 10, 20 ;
codex. 5. Liber Canonum Triadicorum, in a Vene Dion Cass. lxvii. 12; Victor, Ep. 9. ) (W. B. D. ]
tian codex, according to Leo Allatius. (Fabric. MEZE’NTIUS (MegéYTLOS), a mythical king of
Bibl. Graec. vol. xi. p. 700 ; Baronius, Annal. ad the Tyrrhenians or Etruscans, at Caere or Agylla,
ann. 870, &c. ; Hankius, Script. Byzant. xvii. 1, and father of Lausus. When he was expelled by
&c. , xviii. 66. )
[W. P. ] his subjects on account of his cruelty he took
ME'TTIUS or ME'TIUS, an old Italian name, refuge with Turnus, king of the Rutulians, and
in uee both among the Sabines and Latins. It is assisted him in his war against Aeneas and the
doubtful whether Mettius or Metius is the better Trojans. Aeneas wounded him, but Mezentius
orthography, as we sometimes find one and some escaped under the protection of his son. When,
times the other in the best MSS. For the sake of however, Lausus had fallen, Mezentius returned to
uniformity, however, we bave adopted the form the battle on horseback, and was slain by Aeneas
Mettius in all the following names, though some of | (Virg. Aen. viii. 480, &c. , 8. 689, &c. , 785, 800,
them occur with only one t.
&c. ). The story about the alliance between Me-
MEÄTTIUS. 1. P. Mettius, a partisan of zentius and the Rutulians is also mentioned by
Saturninus and Glaucia in B. c. 100, assassinated Livy and Dionysius, but they say nothing about
C. Memmius, one of the consular candidates in that his expulsion from Caere or Agylla. According
year. (Oros. v. 17. )
to them Aeneas disappeared during the battle
2. M. METTIUS, was sent by Caesar at the against the Rutulians and Etruscans at Lanuvium,
opening of the Gallic war, in B. c. 58, as legatus and Ascanius was besieged by Mezentius and
to Ariovistus, king of the German league, and was Lausus. In a sally at night the besieged defeated
detained prisoner by him, but subsequently res- the enemy, slew Lausus, and then concluded a
cued by Caesar. (Caes. B. G. i. 47, 53. ) The peace with Mezentius, who henceforth remained
annexed coin, which bears the legend M. Mettius, their ally. (Liv. i. 2, 3 ; Dionys. i. 64, &c. )
and has on the obverse the bead of Caesar, pro- According to Servius (ad Aen. iv. 620, vi
. 760,
bably refers to this Mettius. [W. B. D. ] ix. 745) Mezentius was slain by Ascanius. During
à
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MICHAEL
the siege of Ascanius, Mezentins, when he was chief officers of the state, and being all willing to
asked to conclude a peace, demanded among other support Michael, they proclinicd him emperor
things, that the Latins should give up to him every while Stauracius was still alive (2nd of October,
year the whole produce of their vintage ; and in 811). The dying emperor implored and obtained
commemoration of this, it was said, the Romans mercy from his brother-in-law, and went to expire
in later times celebrated the festival of the Vinalia, in a convent, The accession of Michael caused
on the twenty-third of April, when the new wine great joy among the people, though little in the
was tasted, and a libation made in front of the army: the soldiers, however, were soon satisfied by
temple of Venus, and a sacrifice offered to Jupiter. the liberal use which the new emperor made of the
(Plut. Quaest. Rom. 45 ; Ov. Fast. iv. 881, &c. ; rich treasures hoarded up by the late Nicephorus.
Macrob. Sat. iii. 5; comp. Dict. of Ant 8. v. Michael, a peaceful man, began his reign by re-
Vinalia. )
(L. S. ) storing peace to the disturbed church, and recalling
MEZETULUS, & Numidian, who, after the from exile Leo Armenus, a celebrated general, who
death of Oesalces, king of the Massylians, revolted now enjoyed the emperor's full confidence, for which
against Capusa, the eldest son of the late king, who he afterwards rewarded him by hurling his bene-
had succeeded him on the throne ; and defeated factor from his throne. In the spring of 812,
him in a great battle, in which Capusa himself was Crum, the king of the Bulgarians, again invaded
killed. Mezetulus, however, did not assume the the territories of the empire. Michael set out at
sovereignty himself, but placed on the throne La- the head of his army to meet him, but committed
cumaces, the youngest son of Desalus, a mere the imprudence of allowing the empress Procopia
child, in whose name he designed to govern the to accompany him. A general discontent and
kingdom. But the return of Masinissa from Spain symptoms of sedition among the troops were the con-
disconcerted his plans: he quickly raised a large sequences of his thoughtlessness; a woman with
army, with which he opposed this new adversary in more than seeming authority in the camp being
the field, but was defeated, and compelled to seek then an unheard of thing. Distrusting the army,
refuge in the dominions of Syphax. From thence, the emperor hastened back to the capital, followed
however, he was induced to return, and take up his by a host of reckless barbarians who laid the
residence at the court of Masinissa, from whom he country waste with fire and sword. At their ap-
received a free pardon and the restitution of all his proach, multitudes of people, mostly iconoclasts,
property. (Liv. xxix. 29, 30. ). It is probably fed before them ; and a sedition in consequence
the same person who is called by Appian Mesotulus broke out among the numerous iconoclasts in Con-
(Megórios), and is mentioned as joining Han- stantinople, which was quelled, not without diffi-
nibal with a force of 1000 horsemen shortly before culty, by Leo Armenus : their leader Nicolaus was
the battle of Zama (Appian, Pun. 33. ) [E. H. B. ] confined in a convent ; and they were finally all
MI'CCIADES, a sculptor of Chios, was the son driven out of the city and dispersed in the pro-
of Malas, the father of Anthermus (or Archennus), vinces, by order of the emperor. About the same
and the grandfather of Bupalus and Athenis. He time great numbers of Christians of all sects took
must bave flourished about OL. 42 or 45. (Plin. refuge within the empire, flying from the dominions
H. N. xxxvi. 5. & 4.
