Titus Manlius Imperiosns Torquatus, a hero of Roman story, of the 4th century B. C. He was brought up in privacy in the country, on which account in 362 the tribune M. Pompo-nius charged his father, who was hated by the people for his haughtiness, with being a tyrannical parent. The young Manlius compelled Pomponius to withdraw his accusation; and this act of filial devotion so pleased the Romans that he was made the same year military tribune. In. the Gallic invasion of 361 he slew in single combat a gigantic enemy on the bridge over the Anio upon the Salarian road, and took from his neck the chain (torque*) and put it around his own; from which circumstance he was called Torquatus. In 353, though he had not yet held the consulship, he was made dictator in order to carry on the war against the Caerites and their allies, and in 34:) was again made dictator for the purpose of holding the comitia. He was consul in 347, 344, and 340. In 340 his colleague was P. Decius Mus, and the two were appointed to carry on the war against the Latin league. While they were in the plain of Capua an order was issued forbidding all single encounters with the enemy; but Titus Manlius, the son of Torquatus, fought with Mettius Geminus of Tusculum, and slew him.

Returning to the camp, he laid the spoils at his father's feet; but Torquatus assembled the soldiers in the pnetorium, and in their presence his son was beheaded. The young men of Rome from that time regarded Torquatus with abhorrence. In this campaign a great victory was gained over the Latins at the foot of Mt. Vesuvius, and Torquatus returned to Rome in triumph. According to the Fasti, he was dictator again in 320, but the dates of his life vary in different authors.