Hailing from a plebeian family,[2] Maenius was elected consul in 338 BC alongside Lucius Furius Camillus during the final stages of the Second Latin War.
[1] After this victory, both Maenius and his colleague were awarded triumphs, and in a rare show of appreciation, both had equestrian statues erected to them in the Roman Forum.
[1] In 320 BC, Maenius was appointed dictator, for the purpose of investigating a number of plots and conspiracies involving some of the most prominent of Roman noble families, together with the leading citizens of Capua.
Both men resigned their office and demanded that the consuls, Lucius Papirius Cursor and Quintus Publilius Philo give them a trial.
Alarmed, Rome again appointed Maenius as dictator, and he again turned to his trusted subordinate, Foslius, as his magister equitum.