Marcus Nummius Tuscus (fl. 3rd century AD) was a
Roman
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senator
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who was appointed
consul
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in AD 258.
Biography
Nummius Tuscus was the son of
Marcus Nummius Senecio Albinus who had been
consul
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in AD 227. He in turn was appointed ''consul prior'' in AD 258, alongside
Mummius Bassus. No further details of his career have survived.
Nummius Tuscus was perhaps the brother of
Marcus Nummius Albinus who was ''consul ordinarius'' in AD 263, and he may have been the father of
Marcus Nummius Tuscus, who was consul in AD 295. According to the notoriously unreliable ''
Historia Augusta
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'', on one occasion he accompanied the
emperor
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Valerian to the city of
Byzantium
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where they visited some public baths.
[Mennen, pg. 115]
Sources
* Mennen, Inge, ''Power and Status in the Roman Empire, AD 193-284'' (2011)
References
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3rd-century Roman consuls
Year of birth unknown
Year of death unknown