Scantinius
- a Roman name.
- a P. Scantinius, a pontifex, Liv. 23, 21 fin.—b. C. Scantinius Capitolinus, a tribune of the people, Val. Max. 6, 1, 7.—Hence, adj.: Scantīnĭus (Scātīn-), a, um, the Lex Scantinia (Scātīnĭa) de nefandā Venere is named after one Scantinius, a tribune of the people, otherwise unknown, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3; 8, 14, 4; Suet. Dom. 8; Juv. 2, 44; Tert. Monog. 12; Prud. στεφ. 10, 203.—Form Scatinia, Aus. Epigr. 89, 4.
1. C. Scantinius Capitolinus, aedile about B. C. 226, was accused by M. Claudius Marcellus, his colleague in the aedileship, of having made infamous proposals to his son Marcus, and was condemned to the payment of a heavy fine. This is the account of Plutarch, which seems preferable to that of Valerius Maximus, who makes Scantinius tribune of the people at the time of his condemnation. (Plut. Marc. 2 ; V. Max. 6.1.7.)
2. P. Scantinius, a pontifex, who died in B. C. 216. (Liv. 23.21.)
3. Scantinius, a tribune, but in what year is unknown, proposed a law to suppress unnatural crimes. Some persons suppose that this law derived its name from Scantinius Capitolinus spoken of above [No. 1]; but such a way of naming a lex would be contrary to Roman usage, though it is a curious coincidence that the person condemned on account of this crime should bear the same name as the lex. It was under this lex that M. Caelius Rufus brought an accusation against App. Claudius the censor (Cael. ad Fam. 8.12, 14). This lex is mentioned by other writers. (Juv. 2.44; Suet. Dom. 8 ; Auson. Epigr. 88 ; Tertullian. de Monogam. 12.)