Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

MUMM1542 Sp. Mummius (13)

Life Dates

  • 181?, birth (Sumner Orators) Expand

    Sumner R38.

Relationships

son of
? L. Mummius (7) (pr. 177) (Brennan 2000)
brother of
L. Mummius (7a, 16.1195ff.) L. f. L. n. Achaicus (cos. 146) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Att. XIII 5.1

grandfather of
Q. Fabius (109) Q. f. Q. n. Maximus Aemilianus (cos. 145) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Att. XIII 6.4

Sp. Mummius (14) (grandson of Sp. Mummius (13) (pr. before 143)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Att. 13.6.4

Career

  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 146 Achaea (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Served under his brother in Greece, but was not, as Cicero thought, a member of the senatorial commission (Cic. Att. 13.32.2, 5.1, and 5a; cf. Brut. 94 on the satirical verses he sent home from Corinth). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Praetor before 143 (Brennan 2000) Expand
    • p. 738, footnote 114 (Brennan 2000)
  • Legatus (Ambassador) 140 Aegyptus, Rhodes, Asia, Syria, (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Sent, apparently with general instructions, to observe conditions among the eastern Allies, particularly Egypt, Rhodes, Pergamum, Syria (Diod. 33.18.1-4; Strab. 14.5.2 [669c]; Iustin. 38.8.8-11; Lucian. Macrob. 12; cf. Polyb. fr. inc. 76 BW; Lucil. 14.464-466 M; Cic. Rep. 3.48; 6.11; Acad. 2.5; Val. Max. 4.3.13; Plut. Apophth. Scip. Min. 13; Cum Princ. Phil. 1.12; Athen. 6.273a; 12.549d; 14.657f.; Auct. Vir. Ill. 58.7). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Legatus (Ambassador) 139 Aegyptus, Rhodes, Asia, Syria, (Broughton MRR I)

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