Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

MUMM1495 L. Mummius (7a, 16.1195ff.) L. f. L. n. Achaicus

Status

Life Dates

  • 193?, birth (Sumner Orators) Expand

    Sumner R37.

Relationships

son of
? L. Mummius (7) (pr. 177) (Badian 1990)
brother of
Sp. Mummius (13) (pr. before 143) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Att. XIII 6.4, Cic. Brut. 94

father of
Mummia (A) (daughter of L. Mummius (7a, 16.1195ff.) L. f. L. n. Achaicus (cos. 146)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Frontin. strat. IV 3.15, Plin. n.h. XXXIV 36

? -. Mummius (1) (son of? L. Mummius (7a, 16.1195ff.) L. f. L. n. Achaicus (cos. 146)) (Zmeskal 2009)
grandfather of
? Mummia (26) Achaica (daughter of? -. Mummius (2) (leg. lieut.? 72)) (Zmeskal 2009)
? -. Mummius (1) (son of? L. Mummius (7a, 16.1195ff.) L. f. L. n. Achaicus (cos. 146)) (Zmeskal 2009)
great grandfather of
? Mummia (26) Achaica (daughter of? -. Mummius (2) (leg. lieut.? 72)) (Zmeskal 2009)

Career

  • Praetor? 155 (Brennan 2000) Expand
    • In 155 rather than 153. p. 740, footnote 129. See also pp. 173-4. (Brennan 2000)
  • Praetor? 153 Hispania Ulterior (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Succeeded Piso with a new army, and gained some successes against the Lusitani (App. Ib. 56-57; cf. Diod. 31.42; Eutrop. 4.9). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Promagistrate 152 Hispania Ulterior (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Continued in Farther Spain until succeeded by Atilius, then returned to celebrate a triumph (App. Ib. 57; Degrassi 557; see Praetors). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Triumphator 152 (Rich 2014) Expand
    • Triumph ex Hispania Ulteriore. MRR I.454, Itgenshorst no. 208, Rich no. 207. (Rich 2014)
  • Consul 146 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Cic. Att. 13.33.3; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 52f., 124, 466 f. (Cn. Cor[nelius - - - -] Lentulus; Mummius entire); Fast. Ant., ib. 160f. ([- - - -Le]nt., L. Mummi. L. f. L. n.); Vell. 1.12.5; Censorin. DN 17.11; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Oros. 4.23.1; 5.3.1; Cassiod. Mummius arrived in his province of Achaea only after Metellus had won important victories in Central Greece. He destroyed the Achaean army at the Isthmus, sacked Corinth, and reduced the other Achaean cities. In accordance with a decree of the Senate he destroyed Corinth and confiscated its land, and turned with the aid of a senatorial commission to the organization of Achaea (CIL 1 .2.626-632; IG 2 4.2.28; Polyb. 39.8.6, cf. 3.3; Cic. Att. 13.4.1, 5.1, 6a, 30.2, 32.3, and 33.3; Verr. 2.1.55, and 4.4; Off. 2.76; Liv. Per. 52, and Oxy. Per. 52; Strabo 8.6.23; Trog. Prol. 34; Vell. 1.12.1 and 5, and 13.1; 2.128.2; Val. Max. 7.5.4, cf. 2.7.1; Plin. NH 34.6, and 12; 35.151; Frontin. Str. 4.3.15;{466} Suet. Galba 3.4; Plut. Mar. 1.1; Gell. 10.16.17; Flor. 1.32.5-7; Pausan. 5.10.5; 7.15.1, and 16.1-10; Censor. DN 17.11; Iustin. 34.2.1; Eutrop. 4.14.1; Auct. Vir. Ill. 60.1-3; Serv. ad Aen. 1.284; Oros. 4.23.1; 5.3.1 and 5). Since his title appears as {Gr}, his dedications at Thebes, Thespiae, perhaps at Oropus, and other inscriptions referring to his activities in Greece should probably be dated in this year (IG 2 4.2.306; IG 5.2.77; 7.433, 1808, 2478, 2478a; {Gr}. 13 [1930-31] 106-118; I. v. Olymp. 278-281, 319 [SIG(3) 676], 320; cf. SIG(3) 683). (Broughton MRR I)
    • Cos. 146 and Procos. 145, in Achaea. An inscription at Fabrataria Nova (L. MVMI. L. F. Cos) (E. Bizzari, Epigraphica 35, 1973, 140-143), a dedication at Epidaurus (W. Peek, Neue Inschr. Aus Epidaurus, no. 47; J. M. Reynolds, JRS 66, 1976, 178), and a fragment from Nemea with Mummius as #, and the ten legates (D. W. Bradeen, Hesperia 35, 1966, no. 7, 362-379; Bull. Epig. 1968, 257) join the record of his actions and his gifts to many cities as Cos., Procos., and Censor. In an inscription of Thebes (IG 7.2413-2414) which contains two letters by a proconsul or consul, presumably in command of Macedonia, to the Technitae of Dionysus of the Isthmia and the Nemea, Klaffenbach supplied the name of L. Mummius (*Symbolae Hist. Coll. Artif. Bacch. 24-28), while Accame (Dominio Romano in Grecia 2-15) argues for M. Livius Drusus (17). Cos. 112, and Procos. Macedonia 111. For a discussion of names and dates, see Sherk, RDGE 249-252, no. 44, inclined to Mummius, also 86-93, no. 15, the SC de Coll. Artif. Bacch. Of 112 B.C. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Promagistrate 145 Achaea (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Proconsul (SIG (3) 683). Carried out the organization of Greece with the aid of the ten Legates, and of Polybius (IG 7.2414 - although this inscription probably refers to M. Livius (17) Drusus (procos. Macedonia 112) rather than L. Mummius (additions and corrections); Polyb. 39.3-6; Cic. Verr. 2.4.4; Pausan. 7.16.9-10; see 146, Consuls); and returned to celebrate his triumph over the Achaeans and Corinthians (CIL 1(2).2.626, 630; Cic. Mur. 31; Liv. Per. 52; Vell. 1.13.2; 2.128.2; Plin. NH 33.149; 37.12; Tac. Ann. 14.21; App. Lib. 135; Eutrop. 4.14.2; Auct. Vir. Ill. 61.2; Ps.-Ascon. 237 Stangl; cf. CIL 1(2).2.626-632; Verg. Aen. 6.836f.). See Degrassi 557. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Cos. 146 and Procos. 145, in Achaea. An inscription at Fabrataria Nova (L. MVMI. L. F. Cos) (E. Bizzari, Epigraphica 35, 1973, 140-143), a dedication at Epidaurus (W. Peek, Neue Inschr. Aus Epidaurus, no. 47; J. M. Reynolds, JRS 66, 1976, 178), and a fragment from Nemea with Mummius as #, and the ten legates (D. W. Bradeen, Hesperia 35, 1966, no. 7, 362-379; Bull. Epig. 1968, 257) join the record of his actions and his gifts to many cities as Cos., Procos., and Censor. In an inscription of Thebes (IG 7.2413-2414) which contains two letters by a proconsul or consul, presumably in command of Macedonia, to the Technitae of Dionysus of the Isthmia and the Nemea, Klaffenbach supplied the name of L. Mummius (*Symbolae Hist. Coll. Artif. Bacch. 24-28), while Accame (Dominio Romano in Grecia 2-15) argues for M. Livius Drusus (17). Cos. 112, and Procos. Macedonia 111. For a discussion of names and dates, see Sherk, RDGE 249-252, no. 44, inclined to Mummius, also 86-93, no. 15, the SC de Coll. Artif. Bacch. Of 112 B.C. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Triumphator 145 (Rich 2014) Expand
    • Triumph ex Achaea et Corintho. MRR I.470, Itgenshorst no. 211, Rich no. 210. (Rich 2014)
  • Censor 142 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Fast. Cap., Degrassi 52f., 124, 466f. ([- - - -]ican. Aimilia[n.]); Fast. Ant., ib. 160f. ([- - - -]i. Scip.); Plut. Praec. rei pub. ger. 20,816C;on Scipio, CIL 1(2).2.763c; Elog., CIL 1(2).1, p. 198- Inscr. Ital. 13.3.71; Cic. Brut. 85; Rep. 6.11; Off. 2.76; Att. 16.13 b.2; Plut. Aem. 38.3-5; Praec. rep. ger. 14.12; Gell. 16.8.10; and on Mummius, Cic. De Or. 2.268; Vell. 2.128.2. Scipio completed the Pons Aemilia (Liv. 40.51.4), and probably both Censors adorned the Capitol (Plin. NH 33.57; on Mummius' use of Achaean booty, see RE; Liv. Oxy. Per. 53). Scipio exercised a stern censorship, which was moderated by Mummius, particularly in the case of Claudius Asellus (see 140; Val. Max. 6.4.2; Dio fr. 76; Auct. Vir. Ill. 58.9; Fest. 360 L; on Asellus and other cases, see FOR 1.112-116, 235-238; Cic. De Or. 2.258, 268; Cluent. 134; Val. Max. 4.1.10; Quintil. Inst. Or. 5.11.13; Gell. 2.20.5-6; 3.4.1; 4.17.1- Lucil. 394 M; 4.20.10; 5.19.15-16; 6.12.4-5; Plut. Apophth. Scip. Min. 9-12). Scipio repudiated Pompeius' friendship when he did not support Laelius for the consulship of 141 (Cic. Lael. 77; Plut. Apophth. Scip. Min. 8).{475} P. Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum was reappointed Princeps Senatus (Val. Max. 7.5.2; Plut. Aem. 15.2; cf. Diod. 34-35.33.6). They completed the lustrum in 141 (Liv. Per. 54). (Broughton MRR I)
    • Cos. 146 and Procos. 145, in Achaea. An inscription at Fabrataria Nova (L. MVMI. L. F. Cos) (E. Bizzari, Epigraphica 35, 1973, 140-143), a dedication at Epidaurus (W. Peek, Neue Inschr. Aus Epidaurus, no. 47; J. M. Reynolds, JRS 66, 1976, 178), and a fragment from Nemea with Mummius as #, and the ten legates (D. W. Bradeen, Hesperia 35, 1966, no. 7, 362-379; Bull. Epig. 1968, 257) join the record of his actions and his gifts to many cities as Cos., Procos., and Censor. In an inscription of Thebes (IG 7.2413-2414) which contains two letters by a proconsul or consul, presumably in command of Macedonia, to the Technitae of Dionysus of the Isthmia and the Nemea, Klaffenbach supplied the name of L. Mummius (*Symbolae Hist. Coll. Artif. Bacch. 24-28), while Accame (Dominio Romano in Grecia 2-15) argues for M. Livius Drusus (17). Cos. 112, and Procos. Macedonia 111. For a discussion of names and dates, see Sherk, RDGE 249-252, no. 44, inclined to Mummius, also 86-93, no. 15, the SC de Coll. Artif. Bacch. Of 112 B.C. (Broughton MRR III)

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