Marcus Nonius Arrius Mucianus was an imperial Roman politician and

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at the beginning of the 3rd century CE. Mucianus grew up in

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. He may have been the son of Marcus Nonius Arrius Mucianus Manlius Carbo,

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, likely under the emperor

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, and the grandson of Marcus Nonius Macrinus, Suffect Consul in 154 CE. His wife was Sextia Asinia Polla. Mucianus became an ordinary consul in 201 CE and, from 204 CE onwards, he became one of the ''

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'', a sacred priest in charge of the

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. In Verona, he became a

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and

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* PIR ² N 114 * 2nd-century births 3rd-century deaths Suffect consuls of Imperial Rome Arrius Mucianus, Marcus {{AncientRome-bio-stub