Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

POMP0853 M. Pomponius (18) M'. f. M'. n. Matho

Life Dates

  • After 275?, birth (Rüpke 2005)
  • 204, death (Rüpke 2005)

Relationships

grandson of
M'. Pomponius (15) (grandfather of M'. Pomponius (17) M'. f. M'. n. Matho (cos. 233)) (RE)
son of
M'. Pomponius (16) (father of M'. Pomponius (17) M'. f. M'. n. Matho (cos. 233)) (RE)
brother of
? M'. Pomponius (17) M'. f. M'. n. Matho (cos. 233) (Zmeskal 2009)
? Pomponia (28) (daughter of? M'. Pomponius (16)) (Zmeskal 2009)
father of
? -. Pomponius (20) (Matho)? (pr. 217) (Brennan 2000)
? M. Pomponius (19) Matho (pr. 204) (Zmeskal 2009)

Career

  • Consul 231 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Fast. Cap. (names entire); Act. Tr., on Papirius; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; Zon. 8.18; cf. Dio fr. 48; see Degrassi 44f., 117, 440f. Matho campaigned in Sardinia (Zon. 8.18); while Maso, having after some difficulty brought the Corsicans to terms, was refused a triumph, but became the first to celebrate the lesser triumph on the Alban Mount (Piso fr. 31 Peter; Act. Tr., Degrassi 78f., 549; Val. Max. 3.6.5; cf. Fest. 131 L). He also dedicated a shrine of Fons (Cic. ND 3.52). A possible reference to this Ovatio on later coins: Grueber, CRRBM 2.252; Cesano, Stud. Num. 1 (1942) 162f. On Pomponius, see D.- G. 5.4, no. 6, and below 217, note 4; on Papirius, Münzer, APF 111. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Decemvir Sacris Faciundis? 230 to 205 (Rüpke 2005)
  • Augur? 230 to 205 (Rüpke 2005)
  • Praetor before 218 (Brennan 2000) Expand
    • p. 726 (Brennan 2000)
  • Magister Equitum 217 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • It is difficult to distinguish between M. Pomponius, the Pr. Peregrinus of 217, whose cognomen was probably Matho (D.- G. 5.5, note 6), M. Pomponius Matho, Pr. 216, who had held a praetorship before (Liv. 22.35.5-7). and whose colleagues were all ex-Consuls, M. Pomponius Matho, the Master of Horse under Veturius in 217, and M. Pomponius Matho, Consul in 231. The Capitoline Fasti give little aid, for though the filiation of the Consul of 231 is given as M'. f. M'. n., that of the Master of Horse is not clear, since the stone is so worn (Degrassi 44) that it may be either M'. f. M. n., as read in CIL 1(2), p. 23, or M'. f. M'. n., the correction favored by Mommsen (CIL 1(2), Index, p. 352), and the reading favored by Degrassi (44). The Praetors of 217 and 216 may be the same man since immediate succession in office was permitted during the war, to Consuls (Liv. 27.6.7), and probably to other magistrates, and election in absence could be explained by the absence, frequent during this war, of the Pr. Peregrinus on public business (cf. 215, 213, 210, 209, 208, 206). The Praetor of 217 can be identified with the Master of Horse since there was no rule against appointing a magistrate in office to be Dictator or Master of Horse (Mommsen, Str., 1.514, note 1; 2.174), but in that case it is less likely that the Master of Horse would have been elected in absence to the praetorship of 216 only a few days after his abdication (Liv. 22.34-35). If the Consul of 231 is identified with the Master of Horse he would be senior in standing to the Dictator, who was Consul in 220, a perfectly possible condition but one which does not occur again elsewhere in this period. The Consul of 231 could have held one praetorship before 216 and his second then (D.- G. 5.4, note 7). In that case all four Praetors of 216 were ex-Consuls, an event which, if true, passes strangely unremarked in Livy. All in all, the view of Mommsen and Degrassi, that the Consul of 231 was chosen Master of Horse for the elections for 216, remains the most probable, and the least likely case is that the Master of Horse was elected Praetor for 216. In that event the Praetor of 217 was probably re-elected for 216. But the other possibilities are not completely excluded. See D.- G., 5.4f. (Broughton MRR I)
    • See above, on Veturius, Dictator. See Lübker, no. 7. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Additions and Corrections - for *67, read *6 (= RE 18), *7 (= RE 21). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Praetor? 217 inter peregrinos (Brennan 2000) Expand
    • Announced the defeat at Lake Trasimene (Liv. 22.7.7-8; cf. Polyb. 3.85.8; Plut. Fab. 3.4). See Lübker, no. 7. (Broughton MRR I)
    • p. 727 (Brennan 2000)
  • Praetor? 216 inter peregrinos (Brennan 2000) Expand
    • Liv. 22.55.1. On his identity, see 217, note 4. See Lübker, no. 7. (Broughton MRR I)
    • p. 727 (Brennan 2000)
  • Augur 204 (Rüpke 2005) Expand
    • The identity of this Augur and Decemvir cannot be determined with certainty; see 217, note 4. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Ti. Sempronius Gracchus succeeded M. Pomponius Matho. Liv. 29.38.7, Admodum adulescens. See 174, notes 4 and 5. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Decemvir Sacris Faciundis 204 (Rüpke 2005) Expand
    • M. Aurelius Cotta succeeded M. Pomponius Matho. Liv. 29.38.7. (Broughton MRR I)

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